- Apr 25
May 2023
Who would have thought that the state Republican Party, known since its 1854 founding in Jackson, Michigan as representing moderate...
- Mar 28
April 2023
When I left high school in the mid 1960's, folk singer Bob Dylan had just gone electric with Highway 61 Revisited. Cannabis and other...
- Nov 23, 2022
December 2022
Let me set the stage for my take on how school board contests, here and across the country with the 2022 general election, have now...
- Oct 25, 2022
November 2022
As this issue of Downtown Newsmagazine arrives in your home, we enter the final days prior to the election where a number of political...
- Sep 28, 2022
October 2022
Absentee ballots for the November 8 general election are starting to arrive in mailboxes across the local area so in this edition of...
- Jul 26, 2022
August 2022
Open letter to my new granddaughter Dakota: These are early morning reflections of your grandfather over the Fourth of July weekend...
- Jun 27, 2022
July 2022
This issue of Downtown Newsmagazine contains our Voter Guide to the August 2 primary election, along with our endorsements of candidates...
- Jun 1, 2022
June 2022
Disappointment. That probably captures best my reaction to what took place in mid-May when state lawmakers voted to place on the November...
- Apr 27, 2022
May 2022
As we approach another election cycle at Downtown Newsmagazine, I can't help but recall one of the more important lessons given to me way...
- Mar 30, 2022
April 2022
When voters in 1992 were asked to approve Proposal B to usher in term limits for Michigan lawmakers and members of the administration, 69...