The smoking ban went to the Governor less than an hour ago and the press statements are already pouring in. Rep. Joan Bauer (D-Lansing) hit the send button on this statement around 3:30 today: “This is truly a historic day for the state of Michigan. I am pleased that the House and Senate have worked…
If you haven’t had a chance to read Nolan Finley’s latest hatchet job on established science, please, take a moment and read his column in last week’s Detroit News. Not that anyone should be shocked by Finley’s shilling for the status quo. A quick survey of his blog and columns reads like a right-winger’s hit-list:…
Check out this headline in today’s Free Press, which seemed to be lifted straight from The Onion: Parents hopeful that statewide bake sale will boost school funds That’s right. A bake sale to raise money for education, which is supposed to be funded by the State. A bake sale to fill the $300+ per student…
Sarah Palin is the peppy cheerleader in high school all the boys thought was so sweet but the girls knew was really a vicious shrew. Or so says one of Andrew Sullivan’s readers in a deftly written explanation that goes beyond the “of course you like her, you’re a man who likes hot chicks” argument…
We’re always hearing about how much clean energy will “cost.” Now, at least, we know how much it costs Big Coal to fight against progress, good-paying jobs and public health. ACCCE’s most recent IRS filing, obtained by Greenwire (sub. req’d), lists the contributions to the coalition by the nation’s biggest coal companies. Arch Coal Inc.,…
Question: Why doesn’t this memo rehashing the meeting between Attorney General Mike Cox and former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick record Cox asking the big question, “Was there a party?†Strange, because in the related Free Press Story Free Press story,Cox said he asked the mayor about the rumored party at the end of the interview. “I…
“…Blowing down the backroads headin’ south,†Bob Dylan prophesied, and turned out to be spot on, with news coming out of the Southwest about an exciting new wind farm, exactly the sort of thing America and Michigan needs to turn our economic fortunes around. The Wall Street Journal reported on a deal to supply one…
People are dying, and yet the Senate Republicans continue to obstinately insist on a budget balanced largely on the backs of Michigan’s poorest, most vulnerable citizens. It’s not hyperbole, it’s the truth. Just this morning, MIRS reported that Medicaid cuts claimed their first life. A woman described as a severely mentally-impaired resident of Northern Michigan…
Remember the scene at the end of Scooby Doo episodes, where some disgruntled curmudgeon would remove his mask and sneer at the Scooby gang, “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids?” No doubt he was angry that some truth-hounds had sniffed around and came between him…
Dear John, We’ve never met, so I can almost (almost!) forgive you for your statement to the Middletown Journal. You said you’re still looking for the first American who is in favor of the public option. Well, John, here I am. Rock you like a hurricane. Ok, so there were other criteria, too. You said…