Back in the day, copper mines and fur trappers dotted the landscape of Michigan’s upper peninsula, in big and small ways, and soon the barons from Chicago and Detroit headed kind of north to holiday.
I’m packing bags and a …
Entries from April 2012
The U.P.
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
A-2, Day-5
April 29th, 2012 · Comments Off · Commentary
Dr. Gupta, of CNN, regaled the crowd at Michigan’s commencement yesterday, and the frozen crowd, braving 41 F degree temperature and winds that felt like the cold when a freezer door is opened and you have stepped out of a …
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Do Fries Go With That Shake?
April 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
As Zen Master George Clinton immortalized that phrase in the bridge of one of his sonnets put to funk, one must wonder, day in and day out.
More specifically, I think we can all agree that race and class, with …
A-2, Day-3
April 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary
It’s a “Groundhog Day” kind of existence I have carved out for myself in Ann Arbor. OK, the harrowing ride out here wore me out so that the next day I was still woozy, but within 48 hours I was …