People who have read my column for a long time often ask me if I make up the stories I tell about my family, especially the lovely yet formidable Marcia. For instance, I once wrote about the day she phoned me at work and said, frantically, “Hehp eee!” “What’d you say?” I … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the ‘I can’t believe he said that’ edition
Come Heller high water … President Trump tweeted that Attorney General Jeff Sessions "should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further." Which means at some point he'll be saying that he meant "should not stop." Seriously, … [Read more...]
Civility is in the eye of the beholder, Gov. Snyder
Gov. Snyder this week issued an open letter signed by 220 well-intentioned people and groups calling for “civility” in public discourse. That’s a good thing, right? We all want, as the letter says, “to show the world how we can disagree without being disagreeable, how we can … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the July 18 edition
Come Heller high water … The Michigan Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week about a proposed referendum to do away with redistricting, also called gerrymandering. If you’re not familiar with the term, gerrymandering is a game politicians play whereby they redraw … [Read more...]
More of what unites us rather than divides us
Relax, America. It’s OK to talk to your neighbors again. I have proof that we are not as hopelessly and irretrievably different from one another as our recent political differences would suggest. What is this proof? “Michigan roads suck.” That’s one of the indisputable … [Read more...]
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