Unless the Snowden ordeal suddenly evaporates, the Supreme Court decision on the fate of affirmative action admissions policies may be missed.
The Detroit News Blogs
Home of The Detroit News Weblogs
Recall Jeeps? Recall Clarence Ditlow
Given the history of such campaigns by the trial lawyer-funded Center for Auto Safety, a recall of safety activists might be in order.
Back to the USSR
Nonchalantly, I said to Andersson that it looks like Putin is trying to put the Soviet Union back together again. Bo didn’t hesitate: ‘Of course he is. And he will probably succeed.’
Detroit mayor, Council could have pursued Orr's common sense changes years ago
The question is not whether these changes should be made. Of course they should be made. The question is why they weren’t made decades ago.
2013 Motor Muster honors 50-year milestones
DEARBORN — The poster for this year’s edition of the Motor Muster, an annual gathering of classic cars at The Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village, shows the nose of a 1963 Studebaker Avanti. I don’t know about you, but I still remember the first time I caught a glimpse of the radically shaped car. I was … Continue Reading →
Teacher of the Year: The merit pay disconnect
The contention is that while Mr. Abud has been chosen as Michigan’s best teacher he is not compensated accordingly because of evil union contracts that use degrees and years of service to determine his pay.
It's the last straw at Maumee Bay State Park Lodge in Ohio and other Xanterra properties
They served the last straw this spring at Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center near Toledo. It’s part of Xanterra Parks & Resorts ‘Choose to be Straw Free’ national sustainability initiative inspired by Milo Cress, an 11-year-old environmentalist in Colorado, who discovered that many unused and discarded plastic drinking straws wind up in landfills and, … Continue Reading →
House GOP just can't help themselves
When someone’s disappears, they need help getting back on their feet. That’s what government is supposed to do.
A Democrat for charter schools
‘You want to create a charter school? What are you, some kind of right-wing nut?’ As a Democrat who helped create Michigan’s first charter school, I’ve had to answer that question often.