Browsing Tag

Eclectablog

Savaged: Mainstream Media’s Love (Free Content) Hate (Scooped Again!) Relationship With Citizen Journalists

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 16, 2011 8

By Chris Savage By some estimates, there are close to two hundred million blogs in the world, about half of which are in the United States. This number is growing each year. At the same time, the size and number of what are considered…

Savaged: County Commishes Suggest Euthanizing Local Humane Society Over Money Dispute

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 30, 2011 5

By Chris Savage "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."— attributed to Mohandas Gandhi What would you call a group of municipal leaders that was receiving $1.5 million in…

Savaged: Republicans Protect the Right to Bully in Michigan Schools (Thank The Good Lord)

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 11, 2011 5

By Chris Savage On November 2, 2011, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bill 137, a bill they called "Matt's Safe Schools Law." The bill, sponsored by Republican Rick Jones of Grand Ledge, passed on a 100 percent party line vote with no…

Savaged: Michigan’s Best Political Blogs

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 21, 2011 1

By Chris Savage Since most of the writing I do is for my politics-focused blog, Eclectablog which has a strong emphasis on Michigan politics, we thought it would be fun to do a rundown of what I think are the ten best political blogs in…

EXCLUSIVE Interview: Former Governor Jennifer Granholm Talks About the Political and Economic Past & Future of Michigan and the U.S.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 29, 2011 1

by Chris Savage Last week, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and her husband Dan Mulhern released their new book A Governor's Story - The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future. (You can read my A2Politico review of their…

Michigan Dem Party Ignores Recall Efforts—MDP Facebook Page Bombarded By Furious Dems

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 17, 2011 2

On May 11th, Eclectablog posted an item that should let Michigan Democrats know exactly how far the Michigan Democratic Party is prepared to go to lend support to the efforts to repeal the Emergency Financial Manager legislation and the…

Interview: Chris Savage. You Don’t Know Him Yet. But You Will.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 6, 2011 6

Chris Savage (pictured left in a photo taken by his wife Anne) and his wife live in Dexter, Michigan. Chris is the voice behind the progressive-leaning Eclectablog. Well, actually, progressive-leaning is putting it mildly. Chris Savage…