Tomorrow is National Burger Day. How do you like yours? (Answer in the comment section, please.) Me? I love olive burgers. With cheese, lettuce, onion - no tomato - plus ketchup and mustard. Maybe bacon. I am horrified by "fancy" burgers of any kind. You are not invited to … [Read more...]
Heller Poll results: Don’t fine panhandlers, fine the politicians who want to fine panhandlers
Instead of fining panhandlers who are "too aggressive," as recommended in a bill this week by state Rep. Mike McCready, R-Bloomfield Hills, most voters in this week's Heller Poll said what our Legislature should do instead is create fines for lawmakers who waste everyone's time … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the May 25th edition
Come Heller high water … Not to go all doom and gloom on you, but the most frightening part of the recent Education Trust-Midwest report showing a steep decline over the past 12 years in the reading performance of the state’s 4th-graders isn’t the decline itself (although … [Read more...]
The Heller Poll: Should ‘aggressive’ panhandlers be fined?
A new bill introduced this week by state House Rep. Mike McCready, R-Bloomfield Hills, would allow fines of up to $100 for beggars and panhandlers who are "too aggressive." What do you think, Michigan? … [Read more...]
Guest column: When parents downsize
What do you do when your parent(s) start downsizing? The first time, I was in my 20s, and my parents were leaving Michigan to live in Arizona. They asked me and my siblings if there was anything we wanted. I didn’t. When you are starting out on your own, it’s hard to … [Read more...]
A dad’s long, sad history of sorta fixing things
I had a rare victory in my lifelong battle with things the other day. The belt for the self-propel on the mower broke and I decided to replace it. “Oh god, here we go again,” the lovely yet formidable Marcia groaned. “I’ll get the first aid kit.” She’s funny, … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Chugging the charter school snake oil
Back in the 1970s, Powers Catholic High School in Flint experimented with a new educational concept called Student-Teacher Assessment periods or STAs. The idea was to treat teenagers as adults and let them have one or two "open" periods per class every week where they could meet … [Read more...]
Heller Poll results: The skipper can stay
Dear. Mr. Ilitch and/or Al Avila, You should not fire Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, according to 53 percent of the people who took this week's Heller Poll, which sounds like a lot until you consider that the other 47 percent said he should go, especially if Jim Leyland … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the May 18th edition
Come Heller high water … Gov. Rick Snyder says he has “no memory” of deleting emails related to the Flint water crisis. What did you expect him to say – “Oh yeah, I deleted gobs of them, especially the really juicy ones”? C’mon. By the way, I have no memory of eating the … [Read more...]
Should he stay or should he go?
Detroit Tigers manager has been on the proverbial "hot seat" for weeks now, despite the fact no one remembers why a "hot seat" came to be synonymous with "at risk of being fired" in the first place. But you get the gist. Should the Bradman, in the words of the immortal … [Read more...]
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