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Urban Exile: Do You Ignore The Homeless?
by Alyssa Figueroa
A FEW YEARS ago, as David Sleppy was walking around downtown Toronto, he spotted a young homeless man who reminded him of his son, sleeping on a sidewalk.
“Whose son is this?” he thought.
He snapped a picture,…
A2Politico: Voting In Support Of “Sloppy Government”
POLITICAL INSIDERS are playing a game called: “Pin the Campaign Button on the Ann Arbor Mayoral Candidate.” They suggest that the person next elected mayor will serve a long time, thanks to voter apathy and an incurious media (present…
Restaurant Review: Teriyaki Time—Asian In Need Of Tiger Mothering
Teriyaki Time — New Ann Arbor Japanese/Korean Restaurant
314 Detroit St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am – 9pm, Sun: 12am – 8pm
Ph:734-929-2272
I WAS STROLLING through the Kerrytown Farmer’s Market and noticed a…
Deliverance: The “Chickification” of the National Football League
OVER THE LAST five or six years, I have noticed a trend among the “football cognoscenti.” During the lead up to the season, excitement and interest in examining schedules, prognosticating, evaluating rookie performances, and drafting…
City Officials Spend Heavily On Advertising In Monthly Tabloid & Rely Less On Advertising In Twice Weekly Newspapers
THE ANN ARBOR Indepdendent accepts no advertising from local, county or state government, local universities or the Ann Arbor Public Schools. It is a policy that takes direct aim at bolstering the newspaper’s editorial independence. The…
COLUMN: Members Of City Council Can’t Seem To Get Along. What’s The Problem?
MIDWESTERNERS HATE conflict more than we hate freezing rain, haughty vegans and screaming kids/ineffectual parents in the grocery store. We smile. We’re solicitous. We want to get along. We want other people to get along. The truth of the…
Ann Arbor Restaurant Week Is Coming. Should You Participate? Yes and No.
IN CASE YOU haven’t noticed, January 12-17 is Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, an event put on by the Main Street Area Association. It’s the fifth winter Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, and 57 restaurants are participating; that’s up from 26…
Ann Arbor Main Street Restaurants Rack Up Health Inspection Violations
THE AVERAGE U.S. adult eats 4.8 meals per week in restaurants, a survey indicates. Mandala Research, found the most popular restaurant meal is lunch, with 2.6 meals eaten on average each week — both carry-out and dining — followed by 1.4…
A2Politico: The New Jim Crow
by P.D. Lesko
MY TWO SONS have been, at various times, advanced in social studies, reading, mathematics and science, according to their scores on the MEAP tests. During the past two years, their overall proficiency scores dropped…
Urban Exile: Food Stamp Cuts Hurt Children, Education and the Economy
by Michael J. Brennan
MICHIGANDERS ARE feeling the sting of a slow economic recovery — especially throughout Greater Detroit — and the lingering effects of the Great Recession are hitting families each night around the dinner table. As…