Nineteen percent of Michigan’s registered voters turned out to the polls last Tuesday. Nineteen. For you fellow math-phobes, that’s roughly one in five. (Ratio courtesy of my teen-age son.) Think about that. If you called a meeting in your office and only one of the five … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Explaining the Trump phenomenon
There are few universally shared experiences these days. The ability to indulge our varied interests makes points of intersection increasingly rare. One of the few exceptions is layoffs. Whether you have direct experience with the swinging axe or just near misses, we are all … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the August 4th edition
Come Heller high water… This week on “As the Trump Turns,” our hero: A) Trashed a grieving Gold Star family B) Scared the crap out of everyone when we learned he's asked a foreign policy adviser why we can’t use our nukes C) Said to a veteran who gave him his Purple Heart “I … [Read more...]
The Heller Poll: Was Trump’s treatment of the Gold Star family finally an insult too far for voters?
Nothing to date has been (to use an archaic war movie reference) "an insult too far" (if you know the movie you don't win a prize but you do win my respect) for Trump supporters. But was his treatment of a Gold Star family whose Muslim son, an Army captain who was killed in the … [Read more...]
Guest column: Libraries are so great, it’s almost like getting away with something
By Kelly Flynn I am nine years old, a skinny bit of a thing, and as I step onto the creaky wooden porch of the quaint little building with the A-frame roof, I nearly stagger under the weight of the pile of books clutched in my arms. And I experience again what I experience … [Read more...]
Here’s a dumb thought: Maybe Trump’s simply not that smart
I don’t ask this as someone who wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump at the point of a gun, not even if he were running against a Chia pet. I really don’t. I also don’t ask it in a lame attempt to be funny or sarcastic. I mean this seriously: Is Trump stupid? I ask because … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: The complicated issue of race
In her later years, my wife's grandmother suffered from dementia. She was the same extraordinarily sweet, wonderful person she always had always been, but her short-term memory faded and her filter disappeared. For a time she lived with my wife's family. Their formal dining room … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the Democratic National Convention edition
Come Heller high water … the Democratic convention edition Sorry, Republicans, the Dems are kicking your tushies on this convention business. Yes, theirs started off like the stars of “Dumb and Dumber” were running the show. (I mean, my god, how could they even have … [Read more...]
The Monday Brenda: Dear social media, dial down the politics, wouldja?
I don't want to wish away the summer - but I'm going to be really, really happy when November gets here. I hate to wish for the olden days, but honestly, if nothing else makes me nostalgic, politics certainly does. The political atmosphere is killing me. I'm so sick of … [Read more...]
Michigan should give back teacher’s money
When I was a little kid, my mom would say “Don’t take things that don’t belong to you.” And if I did anyway she would say “Give it back this instant, young man.” If I didn’t, I knew justice – mom-style – would be swift and sure: A good solid two hours in my room was in my … [Read more...]
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