Phillip Barron The Herald Sun April 27th, 2006 Remember the childhood fun of a scavenger hunt? You and your friends run around the backyard or school yard, gathering clues in corners or under rocks. Sometimes the clues stared you in the face, but the excitement of the game obscured them from view. And for some of them, there was a goal and even a winner. But that wasn’t really the point. The point was to have fun, right? Take a scavenger hunt, mix in a little punk culture, anti-authoritarian politics, and a taste of danger, spread the course out over […]
Michael Bérubé: Bull City Bikers
Even though I got behind and am posting this in April, there is a March Bull City Biker. And his name is Michael Bérubé. Now, some of you may already know him for one of at least two reasons… first, he’s a professor of Literature and Cultural studies at Penn State University. A leader in academia, he’s well published in his field and engaged in a perpetual debate with conservative “academic” pundit David Horowitz over whether there can be an articulate and sound anti-war movement in this country. Second, he’s a reknown blogger who occasionally even blogs about cycling. Example. […]