

May 2019
Michigan has developed a heritage the last few decades of restricting the rights of registered voters from fully participating in the...
Apr 23, 2019


April 2019
The late William Safire – author, journalist, columnist – tells us in his Political Dictionary that the term “progressive” refers to a...
Mar 26, 2019


March 2019
As a general rule I try each month to vary the topics I tackle in this column, for obvious reasons. At this writing, I had several issues...
Feb 19, 2019


February 2019
Anyone who thought after the 2018 November general election that we would get a reprieve from the incessant talk and news coverage of...
Jan 22, 2019


January 2019
The Republican party in Michigan is not doing itself any favors with the power grab antics on display during the lame duck session of the...
Dec 18, 2018


November 2018
To help set the stage for this month's column, I have been following politics in Oakland and the state of Michigan since the mid-1970s. I...
Oct 23, 2018


September 2018
Every election, including the recently concluded August 7 primary vote, provides a fix for political junkies. Analyzing the results...
Aug 21, 2018


August 2018
“The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further....
Jul 24, 2018


July 2018 - Rochester area
Michigan voters could find themselves with the short end of the stick – once again – when it comes to breaking free of the current...
Jul 3, 2018


July 2018
Michigan voters could find themselves with the short end of the stick – once again – when it comes to breaking free of the current...
Jun 26, 2018