

October 2016
The media – including newspapers – are proving to be their own worst enemy. Public trust is at an all time low; the economies of the...
Oct 1, 2016


September 2016
The proverbial “big tent” that Michigan Republican politicians have talked about for the past three decades got a bit smaller in recent...
Sep 1, 2016


August 2016
As Downtown newsmagazine has reported on the political turmoil engulfing Bloomfield Township the past two years, my first reaction is...
Aug 1, 2016


July 2016
As we approach the November general election it will be interesting to see whether leaders of the move to introduce mass transit, or as...
Jul 1, 2016


June 2016
As a general rule, gathering information each month and finally sitting down to bang out my column for the current issue, I attempt to...
Jun 1, 2016


May 2016
Be involved in the actual “system” if you want to effect change. Once you are there, master the rules of the organization and the...
May 1, 2016


April 2016
This month I am hoping readers of this column will take the time to help to bring some pressure on state lawmakers who now have the...
Apr 1, 2016


March 2016
Little did anyone know, I am sure, in 1941 that the first real effort at creating a highway in Michigan – to bring workers to a bomber...
Mar 1, 2016


February 2016
Crisis of confidence. That probably captures best what many in the state of Michigan are experiencing as we watch the drama unfolding...
Feb 1, 2016


January 2016
Many months ago I had the opportunity to catch breakfast with Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, which proved enlightening in terms...
Jan 1, 2016