Category: Culture
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Youth Carry the Day at the Metro Detroit Climate Strike Kickoff
The Metro Detroit Climate Strike Kickoff of September 20th was enthusiastically attended by about 200 people. While this isnât huge in comparison to the incredible number of participants around the world, it was significant and provides a small historic footnote. Fully half of the participants were students and youthful. As Margie Carter said about the…
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Summary of a Recent Michigan Writing Workshop
On May 4th 2019, I attended the Michigan Writing Workshop. I think they provided valuable content. 1. This one-day event was held in the Atrium of the Ambassador hotel in Novi, Michigan; it was advertised in local writer forums and on the web, as organized by Jessica Bell. The day was split into five blocks…
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Rusty the Heroic Fighter
Rusty was a heroic fighter for the cause of children disabled at birth. Texas has long been a human rights challenge. The rallying cry of âkeep families togetherâ has been active there since 1994, when mothers and nurses were boldly active, and finally got a concession from the Governor George Bush. In the 1990s, when…
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Nurses Are Vital Better Angels
Thank you profoundly, Nurses! Nurses are vital! You consistently show love and deliver vital care. You are the back bone of our complex medical system. You tirelessly and devotedly give of yourself, though conditions are not always what they should be. You are appreciated. You work among both the needy patients and the brilliant doctors…
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Michigan’s Ongoing Integrity Failure
This might be the cold dark heart of what honest Michiganders must change in the upcoming elections. We’re talking integrity failre. It wonât get done by just any old Democrats taking a turn. Under Governor Rick Snyder, Michigan went from 44th to 50th in political integrity, the lowest ranking in the country, as measured by…