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Welcome to The Detroit News Politics Blog, Michigan’s premier, 24-7 commentary forum.
We offer lively opinion across the political spectrum from the state’s best writers and opinion personalities. Our writers include Bill Johnson and Kathy Hoekstra on the right; Dawud Walid and Dale Hansen on the left; Lynn Rivers, Maria Servold, Brittany Baldwin and Gary Wolfram in academia; Charlie Owens and Tom Watkins from Lansing’s political frontlines; wordsmiths like Dan Calabrese, Jeff Hadden and James Melton; the humor of ex-Chrysler exec Jason Vines – and many more. See the full list of contributors below.
Edited by Detroit News columnist and award-winning political cartoonist Henry Payne, the Politics Blog sports original commentary ripped from the daily headlines. We welcome reader discussion in the Comments space after every article.
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