2022 September

Botter’s Organic Creamery

Wow, that was close! We almost reached 200 entries correctly identifying last month’s Fake Ad for Botter’s Organic Creamery on page 29 of the August issue. We had to settle for 198, but it’s always a joy to hear from so many Fake Adders. 

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Plymouth Building

The Plymouth Building (1969–70) “was designed and built by” Dow, an architect who Frank Lloyd Wright named his “‘spiritual son,’” writes David Karl.

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Question Corner | September 2022

Q. Why does campus have a Diag? Was it planned from the start? A. An 1854 map of campus shows a dozen university buildings placed on the edges of the campus, but no Diag. The pastoral campus interior was without trees, allowing...

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Abortion Refugees

With the Supreme Court’s June reversal of Roe v. Wade, the decision that legalized abortion nationwide, existing state bans and restrictions went back into effect. Though Michigan, too, has an abortion ban on the books, courts...

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Deals at Zingerman’s

There’s one undeniable fact about shopping and dining at a Zingerman’s business. It’s expensive, relative to ordinary places. In my book, Satisfaction Guaranteed: How Zingerman’s Built a Corner Deli into a Global Food Community,...

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