June 28, 2012 RSS feed / Views

Declaration signers have stories to tell

We gave teachers in Leelanau County a summer assignment, asking them to pick their favorite signers of the Declaration of Independence. They all get A’s, and we’ll ignore any and all claims of grade erosion. More...

Legislative power play

The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund is widely popular, having been given status in the State Constitution not once but twice by voters. More...

Popular wisdom about Detroiters isn’t working

The term “popular wisdom” is often used in politics when you have no concrete proof that what you are saying is true, so scribes often toss that around and its country cousin, “conventional wisdom,” to add false credibility to More...