Author: Rob

Its come to my attention that Current Magazine’s “Best of Washtenaw County 2004” has under the “everything” category “Best blog,” which is a new category this year. There is a ballot online, although the link appears broken at the time of this posting. For its first year, there certainly are plenty of blogs to choose […]

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The University has installed wireless internet in the Michigan Union lounges and basement. Also, the Daily interviews some students about the Democratic primary: “Dems prepare for close race”

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Here’s a couple break-ins: “Woman reports stolen items An Ann Arbor homeowner reported that someone entered her house while she slept Wednesday night and stole several items, police reports said. The victim said she awoke at about 10 a.m. Thursday at her home in the 500 block of South Fourth Avenue to find her laptop, […]

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Presidential stuff: > Carol Moseley Braun has dropped out of the race and endorsed Howard Dean> U.S. Rep. Caroyln Cheeks Kilpatrick has endorsed Howard Dean> Michael Moore has endorsed Wesley Clark Also, think those movon.org ads were a bit over the line? Luckily, there’s enough inappropriate Nazi references to go around.

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T.J. has given me permisison to post this bit he wrote to the Peace and Justice commission. It’s interesting history, but I’m not sure nuclear energy will become a major energy source in the future. Then again, former president Duderstadt was very involved in the U.S.’s nuclear rocket program, and if that’s what Bush is […]

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President Bush wants to establish a permanent moon colony, and perhaps send people to Mars. I wonder if the colony will recycle their waste, and be designed according to sound new urbanist principals? Does this new rocket he is talking about mean re-starting the U.S.’s nuclear rocket program? Will the economic development of the moon […]

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