TAXES AND THAT OTHER THING: Gay marriage isn’t yet legal in Michigan, but smart same-sex couples will prepare for the inevitable (death, that is) through estate planning. (Bridge photo/Nancy Derringer) I’ve done a handful of things in my life that made me think, “I’m an adult now” — you know, the usual milestones: – Got […]
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Kids these days: Quick to click, but engagement lags
THE MILLENNIAL PARADOX: They might follow senators and presidents on Twitter, but when it comes to getting their hands dirty in politics, are young people in, or out? (courtesy photo/used under Creative Commons license) My first serious disagreement with my husband was on our second date. It was about John Mayer. My guitarist husband said […]
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Worldview embodied by Agema, Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban headed for history’s trash heap
Peter Luke was a Lansing correspondent for Booth Newspapers for nearly 25 years, writing a weekly column for most of that time with a concentration on budget, tax and economic development policy issues. He is a graduate of Central Michigan University. The ravings on Dave Agema’s Facebook page only seek to justify discrimination, a losing […]
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*Perception and reality in our society: “A Gallup poll reported nearly nine out of ten people think LGBT people are already protected. They are not. And, according to the pollsters, three out of four people believe they should be protected,” reports Lester Graham of Michigan Radio. Michigan’s civil rights law, the Elliott-Larsen Act, does not […]
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Land O Links
*Home-court advantage is a perennial topic of conversation in college basketball, but Michigan Republicans have to be congratulated – or pilloried – in how they have created a huge advantage for themselves in congressional elections. As this Bloomberg visual details, Michigan Republicans win by losing. Even though they gained only just under 46 percent of […]
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“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment” — Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism. * The Center for Michigan broke the story back in 2009 that the Michigan school calendar was shrinking right before parents’ eyes. The Legislature subsequently made changes to state law on the subject, but, for the 2012-13 […]