Jan 30
State deforestation
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) yielded to Michigan (Governor Gretchen) Whitmer to build a green energy plant. Such a plant is...
Jan 30
Immigration article
Stacy Gittleman’s article on immigration (January/Downtown) was one of the best researched, documented and written articles on...
Jan 30
Inspiring column
Thank you for the inspiring December “From The Publisher.” It was nice to hear how David Hohendorf and his family survived this election...
Jan 30
Rebranding Pontiac
I enjoyed the recent Downtown Newsmagazine and David Hohendorf’s year-end review of all that impacts the Birmingham and Bloomfield area....


Jan 1
Letter to the community
The Community House Revitalization Getting Back to Delivering On Our Mission The Community House, a 101-year-old human services nonprofit...
Oct 23, 2024
Sustainability plan questions
I read Stacy Gittleman’s excellent essay on Sustainability in your recent (October) issue with great interest, though it raised some...
Sep 25, 2024
‘No’ vote explanation
An article in your September hard-copy edition ("New senior/recreation building will be built") accurately reports that I was the "lone...
Sep 25, 2024
Climate change choice
On July 22 we saw the record for hottest global recorded temperature broken yet again, and unfortunately, it won’t be for the last time....
Aug 29, 2024
More than tree loss
On the steamy, hot morning of August 1, I was selective about the course of my walk. The cool path beneath the tree canopy on Lone Pine...
Jul 24, 2024
The hidden cost of AI
For better or for worse, AI is here to stay. But as with so many other innovations, it has been adopted without thinking of unintended...