It appears as if the RIAA is preparing to sue seven U-M undergrads living in residence halls for illegally sharing digital music files. “A national recording industry organization has notified the University of Michigan of its intent to issue subpoenas to find out the names of seven students the group believes are violating copyright laws […]
The Democrats issued yesterday for the first time a response to the State of the Union address in Spanish: “ATLANTA (CNN) — Por primera vez en la historia, el Partido Democrata respondio el lunes al mensaje sobre el estado de la union del presidente George W. Bush con un discurso en espanol a cargo del […]
Sam Woll has posted some responses to Bush’s State of the Union address.
The State of the Union: Here’s what you missed: “God Bless the Patriot Act”. And Faith Based Initiatives – too bad the director he recruited to run that office resigned and wrote Esquire a letter saying the administration was doing nothing to implement its rhetoric. Not to mention many other defections, including intelligence official Rand […]
The Daily printed today a letter written in response to a column by Ari Paul about the anti-affirmative action ballot initiative led and bankrolled by Ward Connerly. Paul has written a response, which appears exclusively here, following the letter from the campaign manager of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. “To the Daily: A letter recently […]
Lower Town Project It’s easy to get discouraged with national trends of auto-based suburban sprawl if even Ann Arbor is forgetting how to build pleasant urban spaces. Especially if, like me, you agree that certain diverse, mixed-use, mixed-age are most conducive to the type of urban communities attractive to the Creative Class. However, Ann Arbor […]
The folks at Frontline, a program that airs documentaries on PBS stations nationwide, has launched a “Presidential Market” where participants can buy and sell “shares” in the current major presidential candidates. The two “winners” will win an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of our next president. I suggest potential players get […]