Clean up Detroit's pension mess
Back in 2010, legislation was introduced that Detroit pension funds be transferred to the control of the non-profit Michigan Municipal Employee Retirement System. A good idea.
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Jeff Hadden
Celebrate diversity? Not in the media
There is much clucking in mainstream media circles about what a horrible thing a Koch-owned newspaper would be for the fate of civilization.
Boston bombing lesson: Miranda needs tweaking
The Boston bombing necessitates that limits and extent of the “public safety exception” ought to be codified in legislation.
Boston investigation: A Hollywood ending?
The neat and tidy resolutions seen on Criminal Minds, NCIS, CSI and other cop shows could be mirrored in real life.
Granholm's unlucky appointments
Two other Granholm appointees — this time to the Wayne Circuit bench — are currently in trouble with the state Judicial Tenure Commission.
EM suit isn't about preserving democracy
Objections to the EM law are a result of pure Democratic Party and organized labor politics.
An end to an egregious racial preferences ruling?
Given the current makeup of the Supreme Court, an appeals court decision striking down Michigan voters’ race preferences ban won’t survive.
Democrat campaign 'reform': Gems amid the dross
Michigan Democrats’ ethics reform has a few good ideas. But a lot of the package is just politics as usual.
Kwame joins a long line of corrupt Detroit mayors
Detroit is hardly alone in having boodling mayors and, as this brief history of Detroit graft illustrates, it’s an equal-opportunity temptation
Detroit's own report admits its financial emergency
Here’s the thing: Detroit financial condition isn’t a figment of the governor’s imagination.