The toll of dementia on patients and families
Suzy Plaskey suddenly decided she no longer felt like driving. When she did get behind the wheel, she consistently took the same route…
Dec 28, 2021
The interview: Oakland’s sustainability officer
Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter in September 2021 took the forward step of appointing a new environmental sustainability officer...
Dec 23, 2021
Redrawing districts: the shape of things for 2022
If they are approved and finalized, they will be the official districts for the next decade, until the next decennial census is complete in…
Nov 24, 2021
Cameras in the courts: rules vary but change afoot
During Derek Chauvin’s recent trial for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, news stations nationally aired footage from inside…
Nov 24, 2021
Plastics: In our land, water and food. Now our air.
By Stacy Gittleman Benjamin Braddock, the protagonist in the classic 1967 movie The Graduate, played by a young Dustin Hoffman, is led to...
Oct 26, 2021
Phoenix rising? Pontiac on the edge of a recovery.
One hundred years ago, riding north up Woodward Avenue from Detroit to Pontiac was a voyage from one successful urban landscape to another.…
Oct 26, 2021
EJ: assessing the systemic quality of life issues
Most Michiganders place a value on natural resources and environmental stewardship. They want to protect the environment so they can enjoy…
Sep 28, 2021
Prepping for a possibility of survival challenges
The last few years' global calamities sound like eerie passages straight out of from the Bible – a deadly world-wide pandemic…
Sep 28, 2021
The role of wind and solar in the future of power
Early August – specifically August 10 – will be remembered as an important day for the environment. The United Nations issued a grim…
Aug 24, 2021
Voting rights: The historic and ongoing skirmishes
Depending on your point of view, the 2020 general election was the most secure in history, or rife with fraud, bringing forth illegitimate…
Aug 24, 2021
