

Nov 1, 2015
November 2015
My father, a senior production engineer with the General Motors company many decades ago, had two pieces of advice as I was thinking of...


Oct 1, 2015
October 2015
One doesn't have to look to the national landscape to see what has given rise to the mavericks and political outsiders – on either side...


Sep 1, 2015
September 2015
Over the last couple of election cycles, Downtown Publications has been extending the slate of offices for which we provide not only...


Aug 1, 2015
August 2015
My column this month is more of a personal note – a departure from the normal political/ government topics I focus on in this space,...


Jul 1, 2015
July 2015
We will all remember the Great Recession here in Michigan, which we are still digging ourselves out of in 2015. And, yes, despite the...


Jun 1, 2015
June 2015
Upfront I need to explain that I have never been a fan of income redistribution, at the federal or state level, but I do feel that the...


May 1, 2015
May 2015
Following Michigan lawmakers enactment of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, Act 442 of 1976, I was not a big fan. An outgrowth...


Apr 1, 2015
April 2015
Our feature story this month on the push for diversity – both racial and economic class – in the major private and parochial schools in...


Feb 1, 2015
February 2015
Following the machinations and controversy over the last 12-14 months surrounding Dave Agema, Michigan’s infamous Republican National...


Jan 1, 2015
January 2015
The January issue of Downtown you now hold in your hands represents a special milestone for those of us at the Downtown Publications...