I hear they are getting some good snow up north in my hometown of Petoskey, Michigan. Here’s a postcard my mom sent me of Petoskey in 1984.

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I am putting up some more photography on Flickr! of the wedding reception on August 9th. I have about 60 more to sort through and process and upload tomorrow night. Here are a few I liked. [Visit my photostream at Flickr!]

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I am back from my trip to Michigan. I got back from Las Vegas at about 1 am on Friday, and needed a litttle sleep. We started our drive up to Petoskey at 10:30 am, me and the boys and the dogs. We didn’t arrive until about 8:00 eastern time, but we ate dinner and [...]

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Some Michigan lawmakers are challenging the “theory” of evolution. They have introduced a bill that would require teachers and students to explore the “strengths and weakness” of evolutionary theory.

In this article from Jack Lessenberry (toledoblade.com), he exposes Michigan State Sen. Bill Hardiman (R., Grand Rapids) and State Rep. John Moolenaar (R., Midland) for introducing this “academic freedom” legislation. Upon closer inspection, this legislation follows the Discovery Institute template for “exploring the controversy” – which means, introducing creationism in the classroom. The Michigan Senate bill, in addition, codifies the need to present alternatives to well-founded scientific evidence, by allowing the introduction of alternative theories to global warming. It is pretty darn clear that when a statesman does this, they have an agenda. In this case it is to promote their “beliefs” in the classroom, and mask them as science, because on their own merits they would quickly be dismissed.

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For the road-trip story about me and my son traveling back to Michigan for Christmas 1995, click here, http://www.ppsa.com/graphics/pp23a.html. For archives of old trip photos, try the photo archive page. (General Archives and Travelogues) For other roadtrip stories, visit the PPSA Online Magazine and Archives.

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