by johnubacon | Nov 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Bacon_Final_Hoke_11-30-12] Exactly one year ago, Brady Hoke was the darling of Michigan football fans. He’d charmed even the doubters at his first press conference – where he coined his now famous phrase, “This is Michigan,...
by johnubacon | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Veterans Day:Anthem] On Veterans Day, we generally honor our Veterans. It’s a good idea, for lots of reasons: they served our country, often in unpleasant places, and in great danger, to keep the worst of the world away...
by johnubacon | Nov 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
[For the audio version, click here: Bacon_Politics2012_w-webopen-11-9-2012] Whether your candidates won or lost this week, we can all rejoice that it’s finally over. Or, we think it is. We can’t be sure anymore, can we? Watching the political contests and the...
by johnubacon | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Huron-Pioneer 10-12] Last week, the Ann Arbor Pioneer High School football team went across town to play long-time rival Ann Arbor Huron. It wasn’t the players’ performance during the game that made news, however, but the...
by johnubacon | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Listen to the audio version by clicking here: Budd Lynch 10-11-12] His parents named him Frank Joseph James Lynch – but everybody knew him as Budd. He passed away this week, at the age of 95. No, you can’t call that a tragedy, but you can call it a loss – one that...
by johnubacon | Sep 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
[To listen to the audio version, click here: Michigan-NotreDame Rivalry Ending 9-28-12] The only constant is change. Yeah, yeah. We know that – and in case we didn’t, there’s always some office blowhard too eager to say it, as if he just came up with it, and it’s the...
