From my office window I can see Michigan’s State Capitol building. On most workdays, during the spring and summer, there are organized demonstrations on the capitol lawn, each addressing a particular issue or grievance. Today’s demonstration (24 June 2010) was huge. It was the Michigan Education Association and they were well organized—several thousand of them [...]
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The Daily Demo
June 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Editorial, media, Politics and Social Issues
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The Art of the Finish
February 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Art, Images, photography
Annie Dillard, in her book The Writing Life asks “How many gifts do we open from which the writer neglected to remove the price tag? Is it pertinent, is it courteous for us to learn what it cost the writer personally?” This same question can and should be asked of photographers and painters. [...]
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