The Ex in Ethiopia
Brian Turner at WFMU just turned me on to a band from the Netherlands called The Ex, who were just on tour in Ethiopia. Here’s how they describe themselves: Formed in 1979, The Ex has developed over...
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Patricia Griffin on the business challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities...
About a dozen years ago now, I had an opportunity to work on a project with a young, precocious engineering undergrad at the University of Michigan by the name of Patricia Griffin. Our lives have taken...
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Introducing my newly educated friend, Doctor Pete Larson
I wasn’t able to get away from work and attend in person, but my good friend, and former bandmate, Pete Larson, who often leaves comments on this site, was awarded his PhD on Friday afternoon. I am...
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Ypsilanti man found guilty of human trafficking and enslavement of children
In early 2011, a University of Michigan janitor by the name of Jean-Claude Toviave was arrested and charged with enslaving four West African children in his Ypsilanti home. The four, it would seem,...
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Heidi Jugenitz
A few days ago I was introduced to a young woman by the name of Heidi Jugenitz. She, I’d been told by a mutual friend, was new in town, and, having read my blog, wanted to ask me a few questions. We...
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Chef Alex Young of the Roadhouse on his work at Cornman farms and the...
In celebration of Zingerman’s making the front page of the New York Times business section this weekend, I thought that I’d post this recent interview I did with Zingerman’s Roadhouse managing partner,...
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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Christine Laughren
After nearly 25 years in Ypsi, the empowered little girl you see below will soon be breaking free. Please join me in wishing Christine Laughren safe travels as she embarks on the next chapter of her...
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NBC’s Nancy Snyderman needs to lose her medical license immediately
Earlier this month, a West Africa-based cameraman by the name of Ashoka Mukpo contracted Ebola while shooting for NBC News in Liberia. Mukpo had been hired to accompany the network’s chief medical...
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On the upcoming “Saturday Six Pack with Mark Maynard”…. episode four preview
I won’t bore you with the background. Now that we’re about a month in, I suppose most of you know that I’ve got a Saturday evening radio program on Ypsilanti’s AM 1700, during which I invite people...
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The ONE Campaign’s caravan to stop in Ypsilanti to discuss putting and end to...
On Wednesday evening, representatives from the ONE Vote ‘16 Caravan will be pulling into Ypsilanti’s Cultivate Coffee and Tap House and engaging local voters in a discussion about global poverty and...
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Bulb Records’ Pete Larson reemerges in Kenya with a renewed purpose… to help...
My old friend and former bandmate, Pete Larson, moved to Kenya a few years back to oversee a number of public health related research projects. And, while there, he fell in love with the country’s...
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Donald Trump didn’t drain the swamp, but he’s filling the shithole
My intention was to spend my time this evening researching changes to the Medicaid program announced today by the Trump administration that will give states the ability to refuse Medicaid to any...
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When all that’s left is fear and hate
Since news broke a few days ago that the President’s former personal attorney had pled guilty to numerous felonies, naming the President himself as a co-conspirator, things haven’t been looking so good...
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