

- Aug 20, 2019
September 2019
Those of us who have been around for a while all have our memorable stories to tell about interactions with L. Brooks Patterson during...


- Jul 23, 2019
August 2019
For over 40 years I have watched a number of efforts in the Michigan legislature to require transparency for state lawmakers, so I don't...


- Jun 25, 2019
July 2019
You have arrived at this page to read my monthly column, so then you have already seen one of the major changes that we have made to...


- May 21, 2019
June 2019
Washington Post journalist Isaac Stanley-Becker, a Rhodes Scholar writing from the UK where he is working on his doctorate in Modern...


- Apr 23, 2019
May 2019
Michigan has developed a heritage the last few decades of restricting the rights of registered voters from fully participating in the...


- Mar 27, 2019
April 2019
The late William Safire – author, journalist, columnist – tells us in his Political Dictionary that the term “progressive” refers to a...


- Feb 19, 2019
March 2019
As a general rule I try each month to vary the topics I tackle in this column, for obvious reasons. At this writing, I had several issues...


- Jan 22, 2019
February 2019
Anyone who thought after the 2018 November general election that we would get a reprieve from the incessant talk and news coverage of...


- Dec 18, 2018
January 2019
The Republican party in Michigan is not doing itself any favors with the power grab antics on display during the lame duck session of the...


- Oct 23, 2018
November 2018
To help set the stage for this month's column, I have been following politics in Oakland and the state of Michigan since the mid-1970s. I...