The Boggs Blog

Thinking for ourselves Foundations of public good By Shea Howell January 3, 2012 The Occupy Wall Street movement has opened up the conversation about the control the 1% have over public policy. While we all know that much of this control comes through good old-fashioned campaign contributions and high priced lobbyists, the role of foundations [...]

Thinking for oursleves Beyond unequal distribution By Shea Howell December 3 -10, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement is fading quickly from the headlines. As winter approaches in much of the country the tents and tarps have been forcefully removed or quietly taken down. The energy and excitement of the autumn uprisings have given way [...]

Thinking for ourselves Budget talks By Shea Howell November 22, December 5, 2011  It promises to be a bleak holiday season for many Detroiters. The city is facing a $45 million budget shortfall and is likely to run out of money in April. Mayor Bing is proposing pay cuts, laying off 1000 city employees, and [...]

Thinking for ourselves Turning to one another in tough times By Shea Howell November 15, 2011  The Riverfront East Congregational Initiative (RECI) is hosting a fall festival this Saturday November 19 to spread the word among congregations and community members about resources available to sustain, protect and improve life for people, especially on the East [...]

Thinking for ourselves Talking fairness By Shea Howell October 25, 2011  We are entering the second month of the Occupy Wall Street movement. No one thinks it is going away. More and more people are recognizing that the movement has tapped a deep core of frustration and hope. Now hundreds of thousands of people are [...]

THINKING FOR OIRSELVES Talking fairness By Shea Howell October 25, 2011 We are entering the second month of the Occupy Wall Street movement. No one thinks it is going away. More and more people are recognizing that the movement has tapped a deep core of frustration and hope. Now hundreds of thousands of people are [...]

Thinking for ourselves Talking fairness By Shea Howell October 25, 2011 We are entering the second month of the Occupy Wall Street movement. No one thinks it is going away. More and more people are recognizing that the movement has tapped a deep core of frustration and hope. Now hundreds of thousands of people are [...]

THINKING FOR OURSELVES Occupying questions By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, Oct. 23-29, 2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Occupy Wall Street movement sparked global demonstrations of solidarity last weekend. The last such coordinated effort was more than a decade ago, when ten million people surged on to the streets in hopes of stopping the coming invasion of Iraq. [...]

THINKING FOR OURSELVES Inventing new politics By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, Oct 11-17, 2011 It took the brutality of some New York City police to break through the mainstream media silence on Occupy Wallstreet. First came the attacks on women exercising their rights to publicly demonstrate. Police leadership shot them in the face with pepper [...]

Thinking for Ourselves Joy in Education By Shea Howell Oct. 1 – 8 2011 The failure of the market place view of education should be evident to everyone. In a little publicized announcement the College Board said that SAT scores fell across the nation. The average writing, reading and math scores all dropped. Only 43% [...]