A few respondents to my “5 inconvenient truths about Detroit crime” column seem to think I set up a strawman in point 3, when I say that more guns, less crime is hogwash and that Detroit’s example proves it. “Who is making the ‘arm Detroit’ argument?” my friend @TimChilcote asked via Twitter. Nobody, I responded. … Continue Reading →
Emily Doerr’s mugging near her Woodbridge home and Karen Dumas’ response to it has inspired the best conversation on public safety in Detroit that I’ve seen in quite a time. But the conversation has grown weedy and it’s important we refocus. If this is a chance to seriously talk about crime in Detroit, let’s not … Continue Reading →
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; … Continue Reading →
If you picked up The Detroit News on Friday you saw a rare show of left-right unity on our editorial page. Neither our editorial board nor Zack Pohl, executive director of Progress Michigan, see much merit in Shelby Township Republican State Rep. Pete Lund’s proposal to change the way Michigan’s electoral votes are doled out … Continue Reading →
At The Detroit News op-ed page we allow for debate more than you’ll see at a lot of opinion pages. You don’t have to agree with us and we don’t have to agree with you. You just have to argue your side to the best of your ability. Over the last two weeks we’ve run … Continue Reading →
Because things went so well last time, on Wednesday the Michigan House voted, 107-2, to keep State Rep. Jase Bolger, R – Marshall, on as House Speaker. After the vote, House Democratic Leader Tim Griemel of Auburn Hills regaled reporters with tales of “longstanding tradition” and the “symbolic” importance of presenting a united front behind … Continue Reading →
Worst generation ever, Michigan’s Baby Boomers are. From the moment they arrived on their respective college campuses, the Baby Boomers have been at each others’ throats. The vehemence of their fight, which continues in the Michigan Legislature as it considers a right-to-work law, is spurred by a fantasy that history has disproven many times: That … Continue Reading →
How quickly things change. Today’s Labor Voices column by Karla Swift, head of the Michigan branch of the AFL-CIO, is an appeal for cooler heads to prevail in the lame duck session. Specifically, labor unions are afraid that their failed overstep in Proposal 2 would earn the comeuppance of a push, from the business community, … Continue Reading →
2012 was a bad year for the pundit class. We were sold a number of narratives that were false — the supposed backlash against Obama’s Bain Capital attacks; the idea that Romney’s “momentum” surged for weeks, not days, after the first debate; that the polling was so close it had everyone scratching their heads, and … Continue Reading →
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is out with a new advert in Ohio called “Who Will Do More?” — a defense of his position on the GM and Chrysler auto bailouts. “Who will do more for the auto industry,” the ad begins, the optics an allusion to the days when the Detroit Three were running … Continue Reading →