Me. “Intimidation of college professors by conservatives appears to be the latest tactic in their arsenal to destroy unions,” wrote the liberal Blogging for Michigan Web site.” That was from a blog I cross-posted over at Blogging for Michigan earlier this week. Cool. Full quote: Intimidation of college professors by conservatives appears to be the latest tactic in their arsenal […]

It’s hard for me to actually blame idiots for being idiots. Part of being an idiot is that don’t actually realize you are an idiot so you just keep on being an idiot. The people I DO blame are the ones that vote for this idiot. Last night on the House floor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) offered a bizarre new […]

EclectaLadies and EclectaGentlemen! Announcing our latest project: THE SAVAGE FEAST! As most of you probably know from reading Eclectablog, I am married to one of the most talented photographers in the country, Anne Savage. You also probably know that the two of us have a passion for food. Gardening. Local foods. Organic foods. Cooking. Food preservation. It’s all a major […]

Yesterday, people around the internets received an email claiming to be from Truthout.org. The email said their site had been hacked and their “content over the past ten days was deleted”. Dear Readers, Late last night, Truthout.org was attacked and our content over the past ten days was deleted. We’re working to capture the cache versions of those stories that […]

Oh, for crying out loud. This is insipid and then some. Since the launch of Huffington Post Divorce in November of last year, “The Moment I Knew” has been a critical part of our DNA. The idea turns the traditional concept on its head, asking readers to share, via Twitter, the moment they knew their marriages were over. When we […]

The University of Michigan set a new record this week. And it’s not one I think is particularly pride-worthy, quite frankly. Michigan football coach Brady Hoke finalized his salary with the university earlier this week when he signed a six-year contract with an average annual compensation of $3.25 million. Seriously? $3.25 MILLION a freaking YEAR??? All these cries about how […]

Ever have someone ask you a question online that they could very easily answer for themselves? Ever want to just say, “Dude, Google it your own damn self!”? Here’s what you can do instead. Click HERE. Heh, heh. I’m just sayin’…

Talking Points Memo has an exclusive report detailing sweeping Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to three of the biggest universities in Michigan. The universities involved are Michigan State University, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University. The Mackinac Center For Public Policy, based in Midland, Mich., submitted the FOIA requests last Friday […]

With all this talk about deficit reduction these day from both sides of the Congressional aisle, I was interested to learn this morning that there is actually a mechanism for members of Congress to return part of their salary ($174,000 per year for non-leadership positions) to be used toward reducing the deficit. Sure, it would be a token effort; symbolic, […]

Teachers in the city of Monroe, Michigan have been informed that they will all be given pink slips when the school year ends. The school district is forced to do this because they face a $5.6 million budget deficit for the 2011/2012 school year along with imminent cuts of $470 per student coming from the state under Governor Rick Snyder’s […]

Scariest thing I have read about a real-life incident in maybe my entire life: Hidehiko Nishiyama, a government spokesman, acknowledged challenges but insisted the situation was stabilizing. Since then, CNN and ABC have reported plutonium found in soil outside the reactors. Physicist Michio Kaku tells ABC the plant may be reaching a “point of no return, where workers must be […]