Having owned a dog my whole life, I have decided they are not only as smart as many people – including most of those running for president – I think we can learn a lot by observing how they live their lives. One recent example : Tonka, our current dog, somehow managed to get … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Spring weather’s a beach in Michigan
I remember reading an interview with Garry Trudeau of "Doonesbury" fame in which he gave this advice to upcoming politically-minded cartoonists: You can be more effective if you occasionally loosen your grip on the jugular. (Put another way, you Tigers opening day fans — the … [Read more...]
Heller Poll results: The Tigers win the Series! The Tigers win the Series!
The Detroit Tigers will win the 2016 World Series and go down as one of the best teams in Major League history. OK, maybe just the first part. After taking a quick hit off a balloon filled with optimism, the majority (32 percent) of the 88 people taking this week's poll said … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the April 6th edition
Come Heller high water… MSNBC “called” the Wisconsin primary for Cruz and Bernie (sounds like a specialty foods store at the mall – Cruz & Bernie’s) at 8:30 EST with only 3 percent of the precincts counted and while some people were still in line to vote. They got it … [Read more...]
This week’s Big, Hairy Deal Question: How far will the Detroit Tigers go?
Guest column: Do we call her granny, grandma, nana or mee-maw?
I'm going to be a grandmother, at least in the sense that a child of mine is having a child. But I’m not sure if I’ll be a “Grandma” in the name sense. But I wonder why I think that. There’s nothing wrong with Grandma. I grew up with two Grandmothers and each was called … [Read more...]
The No. 1 thing you should never do on Facebook
I read an alarming news story posted by somebody on Facebook about a spring snowstorm that was on its way. “Eight inches, oh my gosh,” I thought. “I have to repost this.” Everyone likes to share bad news. It took about four seconds before someone wrote back, “Hey, dummy, … [Read more...]
Guest column: A rookie at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
Note from Andy: My pal Mary Jean, who is a former Michigan journalist and a ridiculously fine and funny writer, is attending the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament this weekend. This is her second visit. Last year she chronicled her first visit this way: By Mary Jean … [Read more...]
Photographer Steve Jessmore’s view of “Dancing Across Campus”
Dancing across campus By Steve Jessmore On Friday, April 1, students from the CMU Dance Program participated in the CMU Dance Photography Project. Using the CMU campus as their source of inspiration, they identified locations to dance that would produce site-specific … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Everyone but me is scary
If history teaches us anything (and it mostly doesn't seem to), it teaches us that our fears can cause us to make some regrettable decisions. We have perfectly justifiable fears — of the new, of the different, of just plain change (we're human after all). But then … [Read more...]
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