Kalamazoo

Republican Presidential Win Would Give Free Rein To Neocon Ambitions of Empire

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: President Obama, 2012 Elections, Michigan, offthebus2012, Iraq War, Elections 2012, Neoconservatives, Neo-Cons, Kalamazoo, Afghanistan War, Offthebus, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Olga Bonfiglio

Dorrien supports the re-election of Obama because he doesn't want the neoconservatives to return to power as indeed they will under Romney or Santorum.

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Who Knew, Kalamazoo?

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Michigan Primary, Mitt Romney, 2012 Elections, Elections 2012, offthebus2012, Rick Santorum, Kalamazoo, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Michigan Primary 2012, Video, Politics News
Olga Bonfiglio

Over a thousand people showed up for a Rick Santorum rally Monday night at the Heritage Christian Academy, a K-12 private school in Kalamazoo. Organizers expected only 300.

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War and Peace in Kalamazoo

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Peace Protests, Offthebus, Joseph Stiglitz, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal, Defense Budget, Kalamazoo, Afghanistan War, Video, Politics News
Olga Bonfiglio

Members of the Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW) held their usual Sunday peace vigil in front of the Federal Building in downtown Kalamazoo as they have been doing since September 1, 2002. And, it doesn't look as though they are going away despite President Obama's declaration of the end of the war in Iraq.

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Privatization Of Michigan Public Schools 'Very Real' Threat

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Education, Video, Privatizing Public Schools, Michigan Public Schools, Michigan Education Association, Michael Rice, Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Privatizing Public Education, Public Education Privatization, Michigan Privatizing Public Education, Kalamazoo Michigan, Education Reform, Public Education, Michigan, Phil Pavlov, Education News

The privatization of public education in Michigan is a "very real" possibility, a state lawmaker said Monday, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports. At a t...

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Music the Way It Should Be

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foo Fighters, Springfield, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Eminem, Motown, Comerica-Park, Jay-Z-Eminem-Comerica-Park, Missouri, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Jay-Z, Dave Grohl, Michigan, Indie Rock, Arts News
Scott Janssen

As my two year anniversary with my girlfriend drew near, my frustrations began to mount. I have always been a sucker for big time gifts, and I wanted...

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So, You Think You Earn an Honest Living?

Crystal Syben Haidl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Capitalism, Social Capitalism, Honesty, Alan Dershowitz, Economic Crisis, Joe Klein, Jobs, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Democracy, George Bernard Shaw, Capitalism, Honest America, Tea Party Movement, Infrastructure, Labor, Labor Day, Food Inc., Work, Family Values, Values, Honest Living, Kalamazoo, Economic Terrorism, Nostra Culpa, Honest Work, Will Rogers, Honest Economy, Accountability, Civilianality, Michael Moore Sicko, Politics News
Crystal Syben Haidl

While Tea Partiers, pundits, lobbyists and mid-term candidates are out-shouting mantras on how to fix the system, the one thing almost everyone agrees...

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Extremism, the Makeover, and Election 2010

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Supreme Court, Jerry Falwell, Social Security, 2010 Elections, Martyrdom, President Obama, 9/11, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Cincinnati, Scott Roeder, Mccarthyism, Lou Engle, Ten Commandments, George Tiller, Ken Mehlman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Minimum Wage, 2012 Presidential Election, Mike Huckabee, Antigay Initiatives, 2010 Redistricting, Joe Miller, Gerald Ford, Clean Water Act, Kalamazoo, Contraception, Newt Gingrich, Carly Fiorina, Republican Party, Ground Zero Mosque, Americans With Disabilities Act, Scapegoating, Karl Rove, Intolerance, Sodomy Laws, Marco Rubio, Cenk Uygur, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Immigrant Laws, Hastings College of Law, Rand Paul, David Barton, Unemployment Crisis, Sarah Palin, LGBT Rights, Glenn Beck, Anti-Muslim Bias, Alveda King, Sharron Angle, Extremism, Elections 2010, Politics News
Hans Johnson

Not long ago, a passing familiarity with Bible verses, a flair for rhetoric, and hunger for a following could be enough to land someone in a small-tow...

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EPA: Improvements Have Been Made At Site Of Michigan Oil Spill

AP | TIM MARTIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Lake Michigan, Kalamazoo River, Michigan Oil, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Michigan Oil Spill, Chicago News

LANSING, Mich. — A regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that significant improvement had been made at the ...

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Michigan Oil Spill Among Largest In Midwest History: Kalamazoo Spill SOAKS Wildlife (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carl Levine, Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Marshall Oil Spill, Midwest Oil Spill, Enbridge Liquids Pipelines, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Michigan Oil Spill, Terrance McGill, Mark Schauer, Video, Chicago News

As the Gulf Coast deals with the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, the Midwest is now facing an oil spill of its own. A state of emergen...

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Ride a Dinosaur: Visit a Creationist Museum!

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bible, Australia, Biology, Show-Me-State, Science, Smithsonian, Bible Belt, Medical School, Dinosaurs, Ken Ham, Religion, History, Wayne State University, Private-Colleges, Dick Van Dyke, Unemployment, Creationism, Museums, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Missouri, Christianity, Kentucky, Carrie Fisher, Evolution, Graduate School, Tornado, Michigan, John Goodman, Comedy News
Scott Janssen

When exactly the notoriously skeptical people within the "Show-Me State" of Missouri morphed into a bunch of Creationist Cathys, I'll never know.

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Obama At Hampton University Graduation To Deliver Commencement Address

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAMPTON, Va. — President Barack Obama, addressing graduates at historically black Hampton University on Sunday, said that it is the responsibili...

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St. Patty's Day and Chatroulette

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael J. Fox, Ohio State University, St. Patrick's Day, Netherlands, Notre Dame, University of Michigan, Dudley's, Canada, Leprechauns, Boise State, Winnipeg, Kalamazoo, Cal Berkeley, Saginaw, Chatroulette, Ryan Reynolds, Irish, Michigan, Oregon, London-United Kingdom, Technology News
Scott Janssen

Chatroulette does an excellent job of representing the world in its truest form. Filled with "Irish spirit," we fired up a webcam and got ready for whatever the world had to offer on St. Patty's Day.

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Michigan Man Robs Bank With To-Do List

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Theft Auto, Kalamazoo, Bank Robbery, Battle Creek, Michigan, Detroit-Michigan, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Recession, Comedy News
Scott Janssen

79-year-old Donald Evans robbed a Battle Creek bank because he needed money for "women, gambling and alcohol."

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Where Are the Arts Important?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leontyne Price, Arts, Ethan Stiefel, Twyla Tharp, Kalamazoo, Arts in Crisis, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

We ignore the power and potency of the arts if we assume that the only important work is happening in the big Northeast or West Coast cities.

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Now What? The Long and Winding Road towards LGBT Equality

Geoff Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Maine Gay Marriage, Referendum 71, Obama Administration, Equality California, Washington State, Kalamazoo, 2008 Election, 2009 Elections, Gay Marriage, Maine, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Geoff Kors

Over the past year, voters have stripped away marriage rights in California and Maine. And the California Supreme Court failed in its obligation to protect our fundamental freedom to marry. So now what?

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My Visit to Kalamazoo

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts, Kalamazoo, Arts in Crisis, Arts Education, John F. Kennedy Center, Arts Funding, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Next time any government official in Washington or elsewhere says that the arts are elitist or that everyday people don't care about the arts, I am going to suggest they visit Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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In Focus: 95 Percent Of Opinions Withheld On Visit To Family

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kalamazoo, Home News

KALAMAZOO, MI–A full 95 percent of the opinions held by Justin Wilmot, 26, were kept to himself Sunday during a Father's Day visit with his fami...

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