Well, there were plenty of words in today's cartoon, so there is no need to add a lot more here. If you are not familiar with the Norman Shy/Detroit Public School debacle (or you are familiar and feel the need to get your blood pressure up), here is the backstory. I would like … [Read more...]
This week’s Heller Poll results: Pipe down, Enbridge
OK, guilty as charged. I used a photo of an oil-drenched water bird (I'm not great at bird identification or I'd tell you what kind - a goose? a swan? a water chicken?) atop this week's poll, which amounted to a large, blinking arrow saying "Pick this answer!" That answer, of … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the April 20th edition
Come Heller high water ... Trump and Clinton won the New York primary yesterday in what will be known in the state's political lore as "Hold Your Nose and Get it Over With Tuesday." It's expected to be repeated nationwide in November. Have you ever seen an election where … [Read more...]
The Heller Poll: Should the state shut down the Mackinac Straits pipeline?
Here’s how we become the Used to be Great Lakes State
Flint and the Straits of Mackinac are 225 miles apart but one thing connects them in my mind: distrust. I have it in spades. Probably we all do. Ever since the poisoning of Flint, I can’t bring myself to trust the state to protect us from anything, great or small, short term … [Read more...]
When a dumb law’s gotta go, it’s gotta go
North Carolina has earned itself a lot of bad publicity by passing a law requiring transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. Businesses are threatening to avoid or leave the state. New York has banned state employees from making … [Read more...]
Heller Poll results: The zika virus is both hype and horror
This week voters in the Heller Poll were evenly split, which seldom happens. (Which is fine by me - I like people with strong opinions.) Fifty one percent of the 85 people taking the poll said the zika virus is more hype than horror when it comes to causing a mass outbreak here … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the April 13th edition
Come Heller high water … Today is Equal Pay Day, which marks the amount of time women had to work last year and this year to make as much as guys did last year. So if the working women you know are a bit cranky today, you’ll know why. Guys, I recommend saying to your female … [Read more...]
The Heller Poll: Zika hype or zika horror?
The zika virus: Health hype or potential health horror for the U.S.?The Obama administration says the zika virus is "scarier" than initially thought, so they've asked Congress for $1.9 billon to fight it, warning that if we wait mosquito eradication efforts, lab tests, and or … [Read more...]
Guest column: Can’t we just let people pee in peace?
A selfie-video appeared on my Facebook newsfeed recently. A rant about transgender people being allowed to use a bathroom based on the gender with which they identify versus the gender to which they were born. He was concerned his daughter might find herself in a bathroom … [Read more...]
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