by johnubacon | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Listen to the audio by clicking here: Title IX 5-11-12] This week, the University of Michigan celebrated the 40th anniversary of Title IX, with a host of speakers and panels discussing the historic legislation and its impact on girls, women and the United States...
by johnubacon | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
No Bacon Blog today, sports fans. Semester is finally done, and I’m off to Nawlins, NOLA, the Big Easy (New Orleans, to you Yankees), for Jazz Fest. So, there you go. Not much of an excuse, I’ll grant you — but good enough! Back next...
by johnubacon | Apr 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Click here for the audio: BACON0southafrica] A few weeks ago, I visited Cape Town, South Africa. It’s a famously beautiful city, right on the ocean – but that’s not what I took away from my trip. The boat ride from Cape Town to Robben Island is just five miles, and...
by johnubacon | Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Listen to the audio by clicking here: Bacon0419] While I was writing “Three and Out,” the Michigan football players challenged me to join their workouts in the weight room. They were surprised when I was actually game – one of the dumbest decisions of my life. I’d...
by johnubacon | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Click to listen to the (admittedly shorter) audio version here: BACONwallace] Everybody knows Mike Wallace was one of the best journalists of his time – and his time spanned a half-century. But he also had a great love for his alma mater, the University of Michigan,...
by johnubacon | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
[Click here for the audio version: Bacon_Parthenon] Ann Arbor’s Parthenon Restaurant closed last week after almost forty years at the corner of Main and Liberty. For me and my friends, it marked more than the passing of a favorite spot, but the end of a time-honored...
