“If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain” — Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., two-time Democratic presidential nominee and a governor of Illinois. * The invaluable Michigan Campaign Finance Network, […]
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“I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there” — Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988). * I like the idea of paying car insurance by the mile, since my commute is less than 10 minutes. I don’t like the idea of an insurance company sitting in […]
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“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge” — British author and mathematician Bertrand Russell. * Muskegon County looks for cuts in spending. “The proposed budget anticipates $42.9 million in revenues for 2012, the lowest in at least six years and $1.3 million less than the current projection for 2011.”: http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/08/muskegon_county_proposes_healt.html * In […]
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“It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge” — atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. * Our friend Kurt Metzger takes the positive approach to home values in Detroit — there are bargains aplenty for buyers: http://detroitdataguru.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/metro-detroit-real-estate-great-deals-in-a-great-area/ * Another survey in Michigan, this of the general public, […]