The Monsanto Corporation, producer of an artificial hormone injected into dairy cows to increase their milk production, recently sued a small Maine dairy that places their pledge never to use the hormone on every carton, jug, and bottle they produce. Monsanto is alleging in the lawsuit that the warning, which reads “Our Farmers’ Pledge: No […]
An article I wrote after taking Prof. Ian Robinson’s class “Labor in Mexico’s Maquiladora Zone: Nogales Field Study,” appears in this summer’s edition of Michigan Today, the U-M alumni magazine: > “A Tale of Both Nogales” Prof. Robinson wrote a companion piece:> “Why Mexicans head for our border”
Prof. Darwall posted on his blog yesterday responding to emails he has received since announcing he was the new director of the honors program. Replying to one email (which I suspect was from a good friend of mine) about the exclusivity of the honors program, he writes the following: “In my view, “Honors Program” is […]
Woodshop supporters have announced the creation of a student group: “Dear Student Woodshop Users As many of you know the student wood shop has been closed and may never be opened again. But there is still a possibility that it could be kept open with your help. Student participation is one of, if not the […]
Articles of note: AANews: “Drive to save U-M woodshop falling short of fundraising goal” Freep (Jul. 9): “Anti-affirmative action initiative: Activist targets U-M policy” Detnews: “Two teens do prison time for robberies”
Former philosophy department chair and new LSA Honors program director Stephen Darwall introduced himself today in an e-mail to honors participants, introducing his new blog “The Director’s Page” where he pledges to ” … knit the Honors community together in all sorts of different ways to make for a more vibrant intellectual culture.” While I […]
From the Grand Rapids Press, a story about my friend Dave Enders: “City High graduate launches Englishs publication in Baghdad” His Baghdad magazine recently ran an op-ed piece I wrote: “Democracy and Profit in Iraq”