By Dan Levy/ Michigan Department of Civil Rights When the Michigan Department of Civil Rights asked the U.S. Department of Education to end the use of American Indian mascots, we expected that many people’s first reaction would be to defend the traditions they represent. Pride runs deep in our state and nowhere is that pride […]
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* Another hospital in Michigan says it won’t hire smokers. McLaren Greater Lansing calls the policy change a “‘no-brainer’ given McLaren’s mission to promote healthy lifestyles and save lives.” And, dear smoker, lest you think you’ll just go work for yourself and get your own insurance plan, comes the news that, “The Affordable Care Act — […]
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“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge” — Nicolaus Copernicus, 16th century Polish scientist. * This map highlights, to my eye at least, one of the more fascinating transportation situations in Michigan today. From pretty much all reports, […]
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Feds leave small harbors dredging for cash
It’s taking plenty of $100 checks and some larger amounts, fundraisers and perseverance. But with a big slice of their economic future at stake, members of the small waterfront community of Pentwater are banding together to pay for something Washington, D.C., no longer does: Dredging of the sandbar that annually accumulates and chokes off the […]
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“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance” — Henry David Thoreau. * Bridge reported last week that a center of contention in efforts to streamline state regulations may be how the state regulates — some might even say hampers — the alcoholic beverage market. TheMackinacCenter for Public Policy […]
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“Cleverness is not wisdom” — Euripides, playwright of ancient Greece. * Jack Lessenberry takes to the realm of Dome Magazine to explain why Michigan’s feeble campaign finance laws can’t put the interests of the few over the intentions of the many: http://domemagazine.com/lessenberry/jl020312 * In a column in the New York Times, Christina Romer, who formerly […]