Lives Forever Changed—Type 1 Diabetes, A Two Part Series Part Two: Research & Hope
Read part 1 of this series here.
by Dave Alexander
UNLIKE DISEASES SUCH as cancer, diabetes progresses slowly. Because of its slow-moving nature, getting answers as how to best treat and prevent the disease can be difficult.…
OP-ED: Shooting Racist Fish in a Barrel? Try a Little Harder
LISTENING TO THE radio, I caught part of a conversation between sportswriters Dan Le Batard and Bomani Jones. They were talking about the Donald Sterling incident and, for the most part, Jones was saying exactly what I feel about the whole…
Film Review: “Farmland”
by John DeFore
James Moll interviews a half-dozen twentysomethings who’ve chosen the challenging life of a farmer. Attractive but none-to-deep celebration of hard-working heartlanders.
SIX YOUNG AMERICANS share their experience of…
CULTURE VULTURE: Summer Grilling Tips From Charles Dickens
by Paula Marcoux
DISASTER CAN STRIKE even the best-prepared home cooks. In David Copperfield, Mr. Micawber Wilkins saved young Copperfield from no small amount of embarrassment using quick thinking, graciousness—and a grill.
Pity poor…
THE FOODIST: Backyard Goats—Is it Time Ann Arbor Allowed Them?
by Jill Richardson
BELIEVE IT OR not, chickens are not the only farm animals turning up—legally—in cities. Goats are now legal (with some limitations) in Seattle, San Diego, San Francisco, Pasadena, St. Louis, Oakland, Portland,…
GOP Bill Could Invalidate Petition Drive to Raise State’s Minimum Wage
SENATE MAJORITY leader Randy Richardville introduced a bill last week, about three weeks before the deadline for backers of the higher wage hike to file signatures to put their initiated law before the GOP-led Legislature. Assuming…
Mayoral Candidate Snipes at Opponent on Twitter—Social Media #NotMayoral
DURING THE RECENT Ann Arbor mayoral race there have already been questions about the part “temperament” plays in a candidate’s fitness to hold office. At a mayoral candidate forum held in April, one of the first questions asked of the four…
Highest Percentages of No Votes on AAATA Millage Came From Ypsilanti Township and Ann Arbor
THE AAATA MILLAGE vote was costly. Ted Annis, former treasurer of the AAATA Board of Directors placed the amount spent on the special election, staff time, surveys, consultants, marketing and materials by AAATA at around $1.5 million.…
Why Is Michigan Trying to Derail Detroit-Area’s Urban Farming Movement?
by Cliff Weathers
MICHIGANDERS WHO raise chickens, goats and honey bees on their residential property have had their right to keep livestock stripped away by the state’s Agriculture and Rural Development Commission, which says they are…
A2POLITICO: Proposed City Budget Should Focus on the Results of the 2013 Citizen Survey
by P.D. Lesko
IT’S USUALLY DEATH and taxes that define the inevitable. However, in the city’s 2013 National Citizen Survey, comments about roads and taxes dominated the open-ended question responses. Respondents were asked to record…

