

- Jul 27, 2021
August 2021
The right of citizens in Michigan to initiate law or constitutional changes by initiative petition has been subjected to a series of...


- Jun 23, 2021
July 2021
News editor Lisa's Brody's longform piece this month on the gender identity issue facing society couldn't be more timely as we close out...


- May 26, 2021
June 2021
Michigan House and Senate members are finally wrestling with the issue of financial disclosure by state officials but don't get your...


- May 8, 2021
May 2021
When my spouse in recent months was stopped for speeding (considerably, I might add) by local police on her way to work early one...


- Feb 24, 2021
March 2021
Michigan voters will have to pay close attention this year and next to make sure that the Republican controlled state House and Senate do...


- Jan 27, 2021
February 2021
Believe in truth: To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis...
- Jan 4, 2021
January 2021
The first issue of a new year is certainly an appropriate time to give a status report to the community on Downtown newsmagazine and what...


- Nov 5, 2020
November 2020
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. There's no...


- Sep 9, 2020
September 2020
Our country's founding fathers had a concern about the development of political parties, fearing they would over time help divide the...


- Aug 11, 2020
August 2020
The failings of the novel coronavirus testing/tracing effort in the country and Oakland County took on a special significance in my...