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BP illustrates the need for a corporate death penalty
It’s now coming out that, when Obama was visiting the Louisiana coast a few days ago, surveying the extent of the damage wrought by the BP oil leak, many of the individuals that he, and the rest of us...
View ArticlePaying the environmental price for the fuck-ups of other states
The people of Florida have been standing up to oil industry pressure for decades. While their neighboring coastal states have approved off-shore drilling, in hopes creating jobs, and filling their...
View ArticleMonday night news dump
There were three stories in the news tonight that I wanted to write about, before my brain got hijacked by local politics. I don’t have time to write about any of them at length right now, as my...
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My weekend in Milwaukee
I’ve spent the last several days in Milwaukee, visiting museums, eating deep fried cheese curds, touring incredible breweries, attending fish fries, and absorbing local culture by the pint-full. I’d...
View ArticleCould the takeover of Benton Harbor have been motivated by a real estate deal?
I know it’s kind of old news at this point, but, a few days ago, Rachel Maddow touched on the recent state-sanctioned takeover of Benton Harbor, and the beachfront land grab that might be behind...
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Indiana continues to allow BP to dump toxic mercury into Lake Michigan…...
A little over two years ago, we had a conversation on this site about what recourse, if any, the people of Michigan might have against Indiana for giving British Petroleum (BP) the go-ahead to...
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From the erection of the Bronze Fonzie to the closing of the Pabst plant…....
The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned.The history of Milwaukee started when the...
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Milwaukee part two… fish fries, public art and swooning tweens
A week or so ago, when I told you about my recent trip to Milwaukee, I promised that there would be a follow-up post, in which I’d talk about fish fries, public art, and the like. Well, I’m afraid that...
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Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods
A few weeks ago, kind of on a whim, I reached out to a local musician and asked if he’d be willing to talk about a recent vacation he’d taken to Gettysburg. It went well. I enjoyed hearing about...
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Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour...
It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the...
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