* As this ProPublica story mentions, Michigan is familiar with the consequences when an oil or gas pipeline ruptures. The story also notes that pipelines are considered safer than alternative means of fuel transport (trucks, trains): http://www.propublica.org/article/ pipelines-explained-how-safe-are-americas-2.5-million-miles-of-pipelines * Jack Lessenberry pays tribute to former Michigan first lady Helen Milliken, who passed away last Friday. […]
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* Michigan Democrats probably would like to deliver this story to households across the state: “Democrats were taking chambers from Republicans in places where the lines were the product of courts (Minnesota), independent commissions (Colorado) and bipartisan compromises (Oregon). They mostly lost in places where Republican elected officials were in charge of redistricting. “That list […]
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* Lou Glazer at Michigan Future Inc. has new reports out on metropolitan economies in Michigan between 2001 and 2010. He writes on Grand Rapids: “From 2001-2010, the seven county Grand Rapids regional economy performed better than the Michigan economy. That said it was a decade of decline. And the region in 2010 was one […]
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“Of the 15 highest-income metropolitan areas in the United States, 14 are in high-cost coastal areas. The other one, clocking in at number 12 with a median household income about 23 percent above the national average, is the Minneapolis-St Paul MSA with its low low Midwestern prices.” http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/ 2012/11/06/minneapolis_research_says_you_should_move_to_the_twin_cities.html * The secret history of one of […]
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“Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within” — Ralph Cudworth, 17th century English philosopher. * ProPublica gives a grand tour of campaign finance laws over the last few decades. You probably won’t enjoy the tour stops […]
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“Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power” — Ralph Waldo Emerson. * There’s less than a week until Election Day. And, yes, Michiganians, the ballot is a bit long. It would be wise for everyone to review the sample ballot — and publius.org offers a […]
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“Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. * Gov. Rick Snyder and michiganliberal.com are rarely on the […]
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“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing” — Samuel Butler, 19th century English author. * The United States earns a C- on child well-being in a report on national results around the globe. “For early childhood, the nation received a C-, based on early-learning program […]
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“You can’t know, you can only believe — or not” — C.S. Lewis, 20th century English author. * About 25 percent of voters in Michigan this year are expected to cast ballots absentee. “More and more people, in talking to their neighbors, are finding out it’s convenient in saving you a trip to the polls,” said […]
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“Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind” — Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher. * “Stray dogs and beloved pets alike leave behind approximately 30 tons of excrement on (Buenos Aires’) sidewalks each day, according to […]