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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Approximately one year ago, on June 13, 2012, Representative Lisa Brown (D-Bloomfield) uttered the word that runs ice through the veins and casts fear into the hearts of male elected officials: Vagina. This word, so offensive that Representative Mike Callton (R-Nashville) would not address the word itself when interviewed “I don’t even want to say … Continue reading

Good versus evil: A comparative book review

Good versus evil: A comparative book review

Russell L. Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin. Beating the System: Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2005, 144 pages, $14.95 softcover, ISBN: 978-1-57675-330-9. Charles T. Goodsell. The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic. Washington, DC: CQ Press/Sage, 2004, 208 pages, $33.81 softcover, ISBN: 978-1-56802-907-8. Good versus evil is a dichotomy present in religion, … Continue reading