You may have noticed that I added some new functionality to Eclectablog last week. It’s a plugin called SendLove.to. The idea of SendLove.to is that you can rate famous people that are mentioned in any particular blog entry. There are two ways you can do this. The first is that you will see famous people’s names show up in pink […]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Blogger had a 20+ hour problem that put all its blogs into “read-only” mode and I haven’t been able to add new content or make updates. More on Blogger’s issues HERE. I’m still missing a couple of posts including the one titled “The Difference between Wisconsin and Michigan”. I’m told it will be restored. […]

Tonight at 7:00 p.m., I will join Bonnie Bucqueroux from Lansing Online News in the studio of WLNZ 89.7 in Lansing to talk about blogging, Michigan politics and the ongoing situation in Benton Harbor. You can listen to it live HERE and it will be archived HERE, as well.

Three things: First, I am continuing to get reports of folks’ antivirus programs sounding the alarm from my site. I have been trying out four new ad companies and one of them is the culprit. I have 86ed two of them but the problem may not be resolved yet. If you get any warnings from your antivirus software while you […]

You’ve probably notices some changes to the blog this week. I apologize for the ads. However, I work very hard to make this site a good one and I’m trying to make a tiny bit of income from it in the process. I have had a complaint about a Trojan virus activating when someone loaded the page, probably due to […]

Check out this Eclectagoodness from The Rachel Maddow Show last night: Watch the full piece with Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero HERE. I’m still stunned that most of the Michigan coverage is being done by me (and Rachel Maddow, of course) and that none of the major newspapers in Michigan is following this story. I’m just sayin’…

About 9:10 last night, my Twitter feed started going nuts. Turns out my humble blog got mentioned on The Rachel Maddow Show. Well, she mentioned “Electablog” so I assume that she meant “Eclectablog”. Maybe it’s time for a name change… ; ) It’s at the 6:30 mark: I’m also told my blog was mentioned on the Thom Hartmann show on […]

Me. “Intimidation of college professors by conservatives appears to be the latest tactic in their arsenal to destroy unions,” wrote the liberal Blogging for Michigan Web site.” That was from a blog I cross-posted over at Blogging for Michigan earlier this week. Cool. Full quote: Intimidation of college professors by conservatives appears to be the latest tactic in their arsenal […]

I just wanted to take a minute to thank all my readers. Today at around noon, this blog had its biggest month ever. And it’s only the 18th! The previous highest month was 13 months ago when I did a piece on Rachel Maddow that went totally viral. You’ll notice that traffic spiked that month then petered out over the […]

Last Friday I blogged about an absurd New York Times article that highlighted a Democrat that supports the moronic tea party Congresswoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann. This person chosen was sourced as, I kid you not, “one person on a blog”. Later that day, Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post ran a piece in which he quoted my blog and […]

NOTE: This entry has been updated HERE. I usually enjoy the New York Times, but their latest article about Michelle Obama’s promotion of breastfeeding is absolutely ridiculous. In general, the right-wing outcry against what the First Lady is doing is ludicrous on its own. It should be heralded as such and Michelle Obama’s effort to promote the health of babies […]