If passion was worth two votes instead of one, those who said Michigan shouldn't follow California's lead and adopt a $15 an hour minimum wage by 2022 would have prevailed in this week's poll. But it isn't, so they didn't. Of 202 votes tallied to date, 45 percent said yes, 38 … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … getting my Underoos in a bunch over all sorts of stuff
Come Heller high water… • Flint’s water treatment supervisor told lawmakers Tuesday the state assured him corrosion control chemicals weren’t needed when it started using Flint River water, about which the Detroit News wrote: “The state Department of Environmental Quality … [Read more...]
Heller Poll: Should Michigan raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour?
Guest column: Anger and voting don’t mix
Your research and effort to learn about each candidate, their intentions and their proclivities is worthy of praise. I’ve watched all the networks and nearly all of the debates. But even with all this information and examination and investigation, I still don’t know who will win … [Read more...]
Fighting back against the Age of Anger
Donald Trump seems to be ushering in a new era of anger in America. It’s always been my policy to zig when people like that are zagging, so this is a good time to go the other direction from Trump and his Trumpettes and start making peace with some of the people and things in … [Read more...]
This week’s Auchtoon: Blaming the victims in Flint
I guess this one came from experiencing one too many “Flint made its own mess; let them suffer” comments. I mean, I understand the sentiment. Anybody familiar with Flint over the past 40 years knows of the many poor decisions, the wasted resources, the sometimes straight-up … [Read more...]
Heller Poll results: Don’t tax the tampon
The results are in and 57 percent of the 165 people voting in this week's poll support the idea behind a bill introduced in Michigan that would exempt tampons from the state sales tax. I was in the majority on this one, which doesn't often happen. My view is similar to a New York … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water… gibberish, nonsense, balderdash and babble isn’t news
Come Heller high water … It bugs me what constitutes news these days. Ted Cruz holds a press conference to say President Obama should have left Cuba the second the Brussels attack happened, and TV news treats it like real news when it’s really just campaign gibberish. This is … [Read more...]
The Heller Poll: Should we tax the tampon?
Background: Change.org has started a global online petition to repeal taxes on sanitary products for women. In Michigan, a bill has been introduced to eliminate the tax on tampons. What say you about this? … [Read more...]
Dear Mom: Sorry for everything – Signed, your adult child
So many times as children, we imagine what it will be like to be an adult. A world without anyone to boss us around. Nobody declaring a bedtime or what to eat or when to wear a jacket. I remember as a child wishing for the day when I would be an adult with no one to answer to … [Read more...]
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