Monthly Archives: February 2004

Some of my readers seem to think I’m being a little harsh on Senator John Kerry. Perhaps it’s because I don’t spend much time criticizing Bush – I figure there’s plenty of others out there taking care of that for me. Meanwhile, let’s do a quick side-by-side comparison of Kerry and Bush’s respective Vietnam records.

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“TONIGHT, Monday, February 23, 20047:00 PM Fixing Elections– Get Out The Vote Efforts– Touchscreen Voting Machine Scandals– Instant Runoff Voting Arbor Brewing CompanyTaproom114 E. Washington, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Talks byAlma Wheeler Smith, Former Michigan State Senatorand Craig Harvey, Michigan Focus on Reforming Elections Sponsored by Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice”

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In an update I posted on February 17 titled “Healthy, Secular, and Political,” I interpreted the results of a survey of college freshman that U-M participates in that seemed to show students at the University were more political, healthy, and engaged than ever. Nationally, the picture isn’t so bright, but this editorial by the Los […]

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Have a Michigan driver’s license? Your personal information is now part of a highly secret, potentially illegal multistate database operated by a private corporation. What’s wrong with that? Let’s not forget the only reason Bush is president is that in 2000, Republican operatives in Florida including that State’s Secretary of State Katherine Harris expunged tens […]

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Ralph Nader has announced he will be running for president, again, but this time as an independent. My firm and unwavering opinion: Bush must go. So when November rolls around, if you live in a state so red it’s dripping republicanism, vote Nader (if he’s on the ballot). If you vote anywhere you’ll vote actually […]

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Like a naive child struggling to keep perspective as it learns about the world, the Ann Arbor News recently discovered the U-M’s Office of Property Disposition. The Property Disposition office is a little-known entity that sells the University’s extra stuff on the cheap. Yes, the series raises some interesting questions regarding whether the University could […]

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Graduating in May? The University’s “Graduation Guide” website has lots of information for graduating seniors and applications for the student speaker at spring commencement are due Wednesday, March 3rd. The Michigan Union is also sponsoring their annual “Grad Fair” to be held on the ground floor of the Union on March 10th and 11th featuring […]

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