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“Cleverness is not wisdom” – Euripides, playwright of ancient Greece. * Jack Lessenberry takes to the realm of Dome Magazine to explain why Michigan’s feeble campaign finance laws can’t put the interests of the few over ...
Setting the stage for 2012′s performance
Frank Sinatra memorably sang about it being a long, long time from May to December and about the days dwindling down to a precious few. That’s the way it is in Michigan as the darkness closes ...
What’s the business case for second Detroit bridge?
The governor wanted a bridge. The business community said it would help the economy. Studies were ordered and a bridge authority formed. The bridge opened for traffic – 23 years later. The Mackinac Bridge, joining Michigan’s ...
Delray neighborhood has hopes, worries for a new bridge
If advocates get their way, the Next International Trade Crossing bridge would be built with its U.S. terminus in the Delray neighborhood of Detroit, southwest of downtown and of the existing Ambassador Bridge. Community leaders and ...
Analysis: A slap in the face by the invisible hand
By Rich Robinson On one level, the vote by the Senate Economic Development Committee to defer to another day the proposed new public-private bridge betweenDetroit andWindsor looks like the triumph of ideology over commerce. Fearless libertarians who ...
Moroun’s ‘victory’ is loss for everyone
Last week, I received a torrent of comment on my column about the astounding efforts by Manuel J. “Matty” Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, to block a new bridge over the Detroit River, which would ...
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State waits for Legislature to do its job on transit
What would be the goal of the RTA? Is the priority to design a rapid,
Not much above par on Michigan's scorecard
For a quick look at a state with a good "dashboard", read this piece a
Poverty rises even as economy turns
Since the 1960s 4 out of 5 manufacturing jobs have been lost to automa
Not much above par on Michigan's scorecard
Wait a minute here, Snyder and the Repugs gave $1.8 Billion to corpora
State waits for Legislature to do its job on transit
Thank you for calling out the legislature for dragging their feet on a