Savaged: Dispatch From The Netroots Nation Progressive Bloggers Conference
by Chris Savage
I'm in Minneapolis this week attending the biggest progressive bloggers conference in the country. It's annual event; three days of workshops, speeches, and netroots networking: Netroots Nation. This is how you know you're…
WEEKLY WHOPPER: In Ann Arbor Just 21 of The City’s 300 Miles Of Roads Are in Poor Condition (It’s Obviously Local Drivers Who Are Cracked)
The Street Repair Millage is up for renewal in 2011, and the city staff want to ask for a tax increase to have the City pay for sidewalk repair, something Ann Arbor did for many years using, yes, the City's own money. Then, John Hieftje's…
Influential Right-Leaning Political Analyst Declares Snyder’s Governorship A “Failure” In Washington Post Op-Ed
The Left has been screaming since Rick Snyder presented his budget. Then, when Snyder proposed deep cuts to education to "reinvent" Michigan's economy, Independents started in on the Governor's "vision for Michigan." Just a few days ago,…
Did Michigan’s Booth Newspaper Co. Coordinate An Editorial Attack Against Grassroots Recall Groups in June?
The FCC recently came out with an extensive report concerning the state of American media. In the Executive Summary, FCC researchers write:
Yet, in part because of the digital revolution, serious problems have arisen, as well. Most…
Listening (Really Listening) To Our Kids
by Betsy McMillin
One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to know when to keep our mouths shut. When to keep our all-important parent facts inside and just listen to what our kids have to say. They are amazing little and big…
Solo Practitioner: Me, Coretta Scott King, J.K. Rowling and Kelis Are Destroying Society.
by Mo Hall
Recently I read a study by the Pew Research Center that sent heat waves through my body. The study was about Family Structure. The Pew Center surveyed 2,691 adults asking then if the following “trends” were good, bad or of no…
Savaged: Michigan EFM Outsources Water Treatment to Company Indicted By DOJ For Felony Violations of the Clean Water Act
by Chris Savage
A2PNotes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first.
Innocent until proven guilty? Better safe than sorry? What would you do? In 2009, Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Fred…
Bloomberg BusinessWeek Analyzes “Job Creation” Snyder-Style: Service Industry Jobs That Create More Working Poor
Legend has it that Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, on the other hand, has a "job creation" strategy that has launched a recall effort. It's a strategy that has resulted in Snyder…
Foodist: Is the Rise of Food Prices All Bad?
by Francis Lam
Slayers of elitists and other warriors of the downtrodden: Look! I bare my throat to you, fleshy and fat and ripe for the kill. But before you draw your blade, let's talk about this for a minute. Is the increasing cost of…
The Parent Trap: Dealing With Stress—Baseball Bat Days
by Betsy McMillin
Most days I really enjoy my kids, my job as mom. I am, for the most part, amused throughout the day by what they say and do, and am emotionally on a pretty even keel.
Then there are those other days. I call them…