Brunch with Bridge

So-called “dark money” is pouring into Michigan’s elections, effectively nationalizing the state’s most important contests.

Today, fireworks and patriotism are complicated things for many. Then, they were part and parcel of the best day of summer.

The Detroit Free Press spent thousands of words criticizing the Michigan charter-school community. Some of them were wrong.

No need to fret over who will carry the torch for Michigan’s capital city when its current boosters are exhausted. The farm team is already stepping up.

Ask people why they run and you’ll get a lot of answers. On this particular day, it was those beach cairns on Mackinac Island.

It’s patriotism season. A few thoughts on how this seemingly simple emotion is far more complex than we might think.

A Grand Rapids exhibit of 20th century design born in Michigan shows a way for the state to reclaim its mojo, via art married to commerce.

John Schneider’s column on student-loan debt touched a nerve with another Brunch columnist, and Aaron Foley has a few things he’d liked to get off his chest.

College affordability is a real problem, but perhaps the time to complain about it isn’t after you’ve returned from a semester abroad.

If the movement is going to get beyond bumper stickers and sound bites, why can’t it start in the palm of the Mitten?