

August 2017
During the course of last year I devoted one of my monthly columns on the effort in Lansing to begin applying the Michigan Freedom of...
Aug 1, 2017


July 2017
Since arriving in Oakland in the early 1970's, I have had the good fortune of observing first hand as this county took its rightful place...
Jul 1, 2017


June 2017
One is almost tempted to congratulate President Donald Trump for single-handily re-energizing the media landscape, especially the...
Jun 1, 2017


May 2017
Privacy protection on the internet has taken a beating in recent weeks. That much most people by now have heard. The short version taken...
May 1, 2017


April 2017
Like many parents, I suspect, as our two boys were growing up we made sure they understood the value of exercising their right to vote,...
Apr 1, 2017


March 2017
Elections have consequences. It's a fact of political life. But the consequences in the first few weeks of President Donald Trump's term...
Mar 1, 2017


February 2017
The next battle in Michigan we will more than likely have to decide – one more time – is the issue of whether tax dollars intended for...
Feb 1, 2017


January 2017
When backers – both politicians and voters – of proposed change to the Michigan Constitution in 1908 passed an addition to our governing...
Jan 1, 2017


December 2016
Normally the morning after an election – presidential or off-year – I find myself almost in an alternate reality. At the publishing...
Dec 1, 2016


November 2016
Downtown newsmagazine is beginning a campaign over the next month to hopefully influence local officials in Oakland County and lawmakers...
Nov 1, 2016