By now most people have heard of Friendster, a website ostensibly a singles service, but in reality a great online time-waster with a number of uses. Users of the service create “profiles,” and are connected to their friends who also have profiles, allowing users to meet new people through an extended social network. There are […]
Ann Arbor Stencil Art This month’s Current has an interesting article about the stencil art that can be seen around town, and the author even talks to some of the artists. One of my favorites: the “Just Do Something” stencil in the Law Quad, among other places. “… Stencils are strongly associated with the punk […]
The Bush campaign knows how close 2000 was. This from an email to supporters: “From: “GeorgeWBush.com” < bushcheney04@georgewbush.com >Subject: Will you be the difference?Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 It is the year 2000. In the presidential campaign… New Mexico hinges on 366 votes, Florida on only 537 votes.Iowa is won by 4144 votes, Wisconsin by […]
Two men have been arrested after covering Detroit’s “Monument to Joe Louis” with white paint. Also, “Granholm wouldn’t support gay marriages in Michigan,” although saying she’d support civil unions.
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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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 […]