Proposal to multiply the number of young national volunteers holds potential promise to help the country recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Phil Power
Former newspaper publisher and University of Michigan Regent Phil Power is a longtime observer of Michigan politics and economics. He is also the founder and former chairman of the Center for Michigan which publishes Bridge Michigan and BridgeDetroit.
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Phil Power | Legislating at gunpoint takes protest too far
Protest, peaceful assembly and the right to bear arms are constitutional rights – but guns inside the state capitol go beyond reasonable definition of “peaceful.”
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Phil Power | Searching for balanced political solutions in reopening Michigan
Is it time for compromise between the extremes in the debate over shutting down and reopening Michigan amid COVID-19?
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Phil Power | Countering coronavirus conspiracy theories with small acts of togetherness
From torched cell towers to black helicopters, conspiracy theories can run as rampant as the virus itself. In response, spreading real news is one small act in which we might find more togetherness in this time.
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Phil Power | From coronavirus crisis, innovation may sprout
Like the Great Depression, today’s global pandemic presents opportunity for governments and institutions to re-engineer approaches to public health and economic prosperity
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Phil Power | Lessons of Great Depression and past pandemics come home to roost
The pandemic is the worst for most of us — but hardly the first in recent world history. Those events offer lessons for current times.
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Phil Power | Our colleges require more support from Lansing to survive
Declining student enrollment, reduced state support, rising tuitions and political skepticism are all creating a perfect storm that’s battering our state campuses.
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Phil Power | Tax e-cigarettes to pay for enforcement and treatment
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent announcement of a ban on flavored vaping products comes amid hundreds of illnesses and a few deaths across the country. There is more to be done to protect teens.
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Phil Power | Let’s hope Michigan third-grade reading law focuses priorities
With thousands of children facing the possibility of having to repeat third grade if state reading scores don’t improve, the stress on young students, teachers and parents will be considerable.
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Phil Power | Labor Day has lost some luster, as partisanship pulls us apart
Unions have done a great job uplifting their members to the middle class. But partisanship and class divisions have eroded Labor Day, one of the most American of all holidays.