What’s Cookin’ Good Lookin’? Ann Arbor Democratic Club Holds Its Annual Chili Cook Off
By David Alexander
INSIDE THE ANN ARBOR Community Center last Sunday afternoon, volunteers peeled covers from shiny aluminum tins, revealing a plethora of corn bread, coleslaw and chili. The scent of food — chili powder, vegetables,…
County Seeks Volunteers to Fill Board & Commission Openings
THE WASHTENAW COUNTY Board of Commissioners is looking for citizens to volunteer for a slate of positions with the various Boards, Committees and Commissions. The Board of Commissioners will make these appointments at their upcoming session…
Recycle Ann Arbor “Government Liaison” Gives Up Seat on Environmental Commission
A GROUP OF Ann Arbor City Council members including Ward 1 Council member Sumi Kailasapathy, Ward 2 Council members Jane Lumm and Sally Hart Petersen, Ward 4 Council member Jack Eaton and Ward 5 Council member Mike Anglin have been vocal…
Lives Forever Changed—Juvenile Diabetes, A Two Part Series: Part One, Diagnosis, The 0.00042 Percent
Part One: Diagnosis, The 0.00042 Percent
by David Alexander
FOR ROUGHLY TWO months last fall, Ann Arbor 8th grader Bram Lesko was urinating about once an hour. But he didn’t know why.
“I wasn’t drinking that much water,” he said.…
The Microbes Living in Your Gut Might Be Making You Anxious or Depressed
by Jill Richardson
MICROBES ARE IN the news these days. Specifically, the microbes that live in and on the human body, making up our “microbiome.” Michael Pollan made a splash with a column titled “Some of My Best Friends are Germs”…
EDITORIAL: AAATA Millage Proposal Drive—Expensive, Deceptive and Manipulative
Please note: Editorial Board member Katherine Griswold did not participate in shaping this editorial.
STAFF AT AAATA first agreed to a meeting with The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board concerning the proposed millage. Then, after…
Adventures Of A Grown-Up: Home Decorating—Why Everything in My House Will Never Match
by J.H. Mae
EVERYTHING IN MY mother’s house matches. The curtains match the furniture, the furniture matches the carpet, the pictures on the wall were carefully chosen, and even the TV stand is elegant.
She is now on the market for…
Op-Ed: Right-Wing Supreme Court Turns Another Blind Eye to Racism
by Steve Rosenfeld
U.S. SUPREME COURT Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not sit idly by as a majority of the men on the court turned yet another blind eye to the ugly realities of how race distorts the lives of Americans as they upheld a…
Does Dieting with the Help of Your Smartphone Actually Work?
by Jason Best
A review of calorie-counting apps by Kit Eaton over at The New York Times caught my eye. Not because I’m really looking to start counting calories anytime soon, but I’m always open to new ways to use my iPhone and thus…
The Connection Between Nutrition and Brain Health Has Never Been Clearer
by Steve Holt
Should the Hippocratic maxim “Let food be thy medicine” apply to mental health care? Absolutely, says Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, a professor at the University of Calgary and a pioneer in a resurgent field of research on the role…
