Opinion

WHEN FORMER ANN Arbor City Council member Leigh Greden was announced as former Rep. John Dingell’s Chief of Staff for the Congressman’s final months in office, there was anger among Mr. Dingell’s Ann Arbor constituents. Leigh Greden’s…

by Bryan Kelly Dec. 17, 2015 Twice, I’ve followed the government’s request—caved to its ransom notice—and applied for health insurance. Twice, their reply has been the same: my case cannot be resolved at this time. It is being…

MAYOR CHRIS TAYLOR recently posted an “update” concerning public safety, the city’s finances, parks, trees and the environment, to his Facebook page. In the course of updating the public about the feared contamination of the Huron River and…

by Brianne Recker ON THE MORNING of Friday, February 6, 81-year-old Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down in the center of Hill Auditorium’s stage in an armchair larger than her. The lights over the 3,500 eager…

by Brent McDermott IN JUST UNDER a year, caucus goers in Iowa will head to churches, fire halls and gymnasiums to kick off the 2016 primary cycle. Right on cue, the Des Moines Register released poll numbers Thursday, the first crystal…

AURA ROSSER WAS mentally ill, perhaps with Bipolar disorder, according to statements made by her relatives and evidence presented in a 12-page memo released by the Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie. The night she was tasered by one…

by Brianne Recker THE SENATE Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture that was released this past December presented extremely disturbing mental images of torture techniques to those who read the report. Included were accounts of…

ON DEC. 1, 2014, preceded by Steve Carnes and prompted by Camp Serenity’s Gordon Smith, Caleb Poirier announced the homeless community’s intent to recall Stephen Kunselman from his Ward 3 City Council seat. Yes, it caught me off-guard, too.…

THE 6.3 PERCENT unemployment rate in Michigan at the end of December 2014 was the lowest on record in a dozen years. Gov. Rick Snyder in his State of the State was quick to take credit for the improvement. Democrats attribute increased…

YPSILANTI MAYOR PRO Tempore, Lois Richardson, a black woman, was taken to task by unnamed editorialists in The Ann Arbor News—published by MLive Media Group, a company controlled by a team of 23 white executives. Richardson was criticized…