TASTY SAVIOR?: An economics blogger argues that Chelsea-based Jiffy Mix can help cure what ails America. (Bridge archive photo) *Jiffy Mix, the purveyor of delicious cornbread and muffin concoctions, has been given quite a responsibility: Save America. In his “7 reasons this muffin mix can save America,” Cory Suter argues: 1. “Jiffy mix sells over […]
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Change the school focus from spending more to spending smart
Phil Power is founder and chairman of the Center for Michigan. Can anything really move the “needle of achievement” in our kids’ schools? Over the years, we’ve sure spent a whale of a lot of money, time and lung power trying to answer that question. “School people” — by which I mean teachers, their […]
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Guest commentary: Focus on quality of education, not on structure of schools
By Wendy Zdeb-Roper/Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals Whether it was the debate over charter and cyber schools or, most recently, the Oxford Foundation report and the Educational Achievement Authority, the conversation about education reform has been focused almost exclusively on who should educate Michigan students — rather than on the quality of the education being provided. […]
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In Michigan, small things add up to life writ large
NOT THE GOAL: The teeming sidewalks and streets of New York and other major coastal cities may draw young people from Michigan now, but the state can reverse the trend if it shows its young people that pursuit of no limits is no path to freedom, writes Conor Dugan. (courtesy photo/used under Creative Commons license) […]
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Been here and there, but Michigan is best for young and young at heart
Hi. I’m Natalie. I’m a self-employed writer, I’m 31, and, if you listen to the headlines, I don’t exist. Like a centaur or a yeti, the well-educated, career-driven, creative-class Millennial like myself is not found in the wild here in Michigan. Supposedly, we’ve all left or are desperately attempting to do so. HERE TO STAY: […]
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Guest commentary: 10 reasons to expand Medicaid in Michigan
EXPANSION RESULTS: Expanding Medicaid coverage in Michigan would mean 18,000 new jobs in Michigan, argues Mike Vizena. (courtesy photo/used under Creative Commons license) By Mike Vizena/Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards There are many reasons the Michigan Legislature should follow Gov. Rick Snyder’s lead on Medicaid expansion. Let me count the ways: 1. It […]
Posted inMichigan Government
Easier carry permits haven’t led to more gun deaths
(Bridge illustration/A.J. Jones) Before Michigan joined a growing number of “shall issue” states on July 1, 2001, making it easier for residents to get concealed pistol permits, opponents feared and argued it would lead to an increase in gunplay, violence and death. It hasn’t. “Even legislators who voted against it have told me they […]
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Snyder, senator at odds over guns in schools
Ron Mead doesn’t think teachers – or anyone else, other than police – should be allowed to carry guns in schools. “To me, that’s just inviting trouble,” he said. “We want schools to be something comforting and inviting.” PHYSICAL REMINDER: Ron Mead, shown in a 1998 photo directing traffic at Chelsea High, is now retired. […]
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Chelsea school shooter: Gun control won’t help
CARSON CITY — Stephen Leith avoids newspapers, television and anything else that might tell him what’s going on outside these prison walls, anything that might remind him of why he’s here. Sometimes he can’t avoid it, as when his cellmate has a TV on. That’s how he heard about the mass shootings of 20 little […]
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Mental health policy is wild card in gun safety
(courtesy image/used under Creative Commons license) On his way home to Chicago, University of Michigan student Kevin Heisinger stepped off Indian Trails bus no. 4560 and walked into the restroom of a Kalamazoo bus station. There he was beaten to death by a paranoid schizophrenic man who was not taking his medication. Heisinger’s death […]
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