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“I beat Ohio State!”

Posted on November 20, 2009 by hro50ta1

Hoping to boost morale and maybe a win by The University of Michigan over arch-rival Ohio State University last year, on November 19, 2008 I posted this essay about my father-in-law, former UM football player and coach Hank Fonde. Didn’t … Continue reading →

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Bully boys in red

Posted on November 19, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, has come out swinging against The New York Times. The newspaper, he wrote on his blog, is unfair to Roman Catholics. In his November 8, 2009 public editor’s column, Clark … Continue reading →

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Read The Spirit and ‘Seydou’s Christmas Tree’

Posted on November 18, 2009 by hro50ta1

[paypal-donation] Two years ago, David Crumm of ReadThe Spirit.com featured my essay on the experience my wife and I had with Christmas in Africa. David’s enthusiasm for that piece — written many years ago — encouraged me to publish the … Continue reading →

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Business model for newspapers

Posted on November 15, 2009 by hro50ta1

by Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] Heard about a business model for newspapers. Goes like this: Write news, sell ads, print a paper and hawk it, mail it, put it in vending machines, newsstands and let people decide if they want to … Continue reading →

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Ann Arbor Library touts ‘Up the Rouge!’

Posted on November 14, 2009 by hro50ta1

[paypal-donation] Nice commentary by the Ann Arbor District Library on our Wayne State University Press book, Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River. The book is by me, Joel Thurtell, with photos by Patricia Beck. Too bad the A2 library doesn’t … Continue reading →

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My Times ‘beer allowance’

Posted on November 12, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] Odd situation I have with The New York Times, which wants to charge me a $520 fee for reprinting a story I wrote for them 30 years ago. They only paid me seventy-five bucks for the … Continue reading →

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Tacky or not, here come the ads!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell A friend told me that I shouldn’t promote my books on JOTR. Using this space for commercial purposes would be kind of, well, tacky. I’ve been thinking about it. First, we removed the amazon ads more than … Continue reading →

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Who scotched the tale?

Posted on November 9, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] You never know who scotched the tale, Only that it didn’t run. No space! No space! You know that’s bull. You never know why the yarn got spiked, Only that it didn’t run. No space! No … Continue reading →

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Class party

Posted on November 5, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] I’m still amazed at The New York Times thinking they can charge me to reprint a story I wrote for their newspaper 30 years ago. It stinks. They paid me seventy-five bucks in 1979, worth $211 … Continue reading →

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Big Ed’s ghost

Posted on November 4, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] We at JOTR are firm DISBELIEVERS in any kind of occult happenings, yet the appearance of an e-mail purportedly from the Other World piqued our curiosity. Its claim to have come from the late Wayne County … Continue reading →

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