I just received an email from my Michigan senator, Debbie Stabenow, with an ominous subject line: BREAKING: Great Lakes Funding ELIMINATED I know Donald Trump has been threatening Great Lakes funding as part of his irrational drive to find money to build…
Without a doubt, the smartest thing I’ve ever done, I did thirty-five years ago today: Thirty-five years ago, I married my best friend on a perfect Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor. We were pretty young and didn’t know exactly what…
A friend of mine just pointed me to the #Trumpectomy hashtag on Twitter. The meaning, of course, is a procedure to remove Donald Trump from office. But seeing that term triggered, in a serendipitous flash, a spontaneous understanding of a…
President-elect, Donald Trump, our Twitter-wielding intimidator-in-chief, has turned his ironic rage toward the cast of the Hamilton musical. Last night, vice-president-elect, Mike Pense, attended the musical Hamilton. After the performance, actor Brandon Victor Dixon (who plays the character, Aaron Burr), recognized Mr.…
Suggest to a Gary Johnson supporter, or a Jill Stein supporter, that voting for their preferred candidate is a wasted vote and you’re likely to get an ear full. But whether or not such a vote is actually a wasted…
A 16-year-old boy was hit and killed this morning crossing the street in front of Ann Arbor Huron High School–the result of misplaced priorities. He was crossing Fuller Road near Huron Parkway, shortly after 7 AM this morning. Both of…