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Savaged: Mainstream Media’s Love (Free Content) Hate (Scooped Again!) Relationship With Citizen Journalists
By Chris Savage
By some estimates, there are close to two hundred million blogs in the world, about half of which are in the United States. This number is growing each year. At the same time, the size and number of what are considered…
The Parent Trap: Should Pre-Teens Date?
by Betsy McMillin
Definition of tween dating: "Awkwardly walking down the hall at school together."—an anonymous (but very cool) tween
So.... when can I, technically, "date?"
This from my almost thirteen-year-old son. Okay, I'll say…
Local Politico to City’s Voters: You’re “Xenophobic,” “Old,” “Selfish” and “Stingy.”
by P.D. Lesko
DDA Board member and former Second Ward City Council member Joan Lowenstein (right) is having a really tough time of it, politically speaking. Should you care? Absolutely. It's a better show than "Real Housewives," but with…
The Parent Trap: Errors In Co-Parenting
Sophia van Buren
I resisted the urge to look up and scan the audience, but the temptation was just too great. At least it didn’t take long to find her. She was sitting alone and motionless in the stands about 30 rows above the high…
Savaged: County Commishes Suggest Euthanizing Local Humane Society Over Money Dispute
By Chris Savage
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."— attributed to Mohandas Gandhi
What would you call a group of municipal leaders that was receiving $1.5 million in…
Urban Exile: Do We Care More About Starving Kids in Africa Than Starving Kids in Michigan?
by Erika McNamara
Sometimes I wonder if needy people in Africa get more of our attention then people right here in our own state and town.
Almost a month ago a judge put a halt to the state of Michigan’s new cap on cash assistance for…
The Parent Trap: It’s ALL Our Fault—Parental Guilt
by Betsy McMillin
I am feeling a great deal of parental guilt lately.
My eight-year-old daughter has a medical (non-life threatening) condition. She is being tested for a learning disability as well. She is a sweet, bright, funny, happy,…
Michigan Messenger Online News Site Shuttered—Why You Should Care (A Lot)
by P.D. Lesko
If you never read the Michigan Messenger, you missed some of the best investigative reporting around. Eartha Jane Melzer on the Benton Harbor and environmental beats outreported virtually every other news outlet in the state.…
The Parent Trap: Raising Girls “Full Of Awesome” (Self-Esteem)
by Betsy McMillin
I am raising four girls ages three to fifteen, and I am scared. Cautiously optimistic, yet wary and scared.
Every day I, along with countless other parents of young girls, face obstacles that interfere with raising…
Urban Exile: Homeless Blamed For Closure of Downtown Ann Arbor Boutique Named, Yes, Poshh
by Erika McNamara
Being homeless, once again, is the evil that lurks in every shadow ready to destroy all that is good and right. This is obviously true after homeless individuals were blamed, in a recent piece posted to AnnArbor.com, for…
