Live 8 Concert – July 2 http://www.live8live.com/ The Commission for Africa http://www.commissionforafrica.org African Union http://www.africa-union.org/ The One Campaign http://www.one.org Make Poverty History http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/ UN Walk the World – June 12 http://www.fighthunger.org —–
Granholm Poll
The Detroit News has a poll on their website about who Michiganders will be supporting for governor in 2006 – Democratic incumbent Jennifer Granholm or Republican Dick DeVos. They also run comments from readers after the poll. —–
AAPD Chief Criticized
Some Ann Arbor activists have set their sights on AAPD Chief Oates: … Before coming to Ann Arbor in August 2001, Daniel Oates, an attorney, was the commander of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Intelligence Division. In that position, Deputy Chief Oates, while not a named defendant, was an important figure in three First […]
‘You have to reframe the issues before the facts can become meaningful and powerful.’
These excerpts are from an interview of George Lakoff, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who wrote “Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think,” and is working on a forthcoming book titled “”Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.” “In another chapter I tell progressives how to talk to conservatives. This […]