

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...
Jun 23, 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 26, 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...
May 8, 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...
Feb 24, 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 26, 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...
Jan 3, 2021


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...
Nov 4, 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...
Sep 9, 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...
Aug 11, 2020


July 2020
My column space this month is being used to bring readers up to date on some changes we are making in how we handle reporting of news...
Jul 14, 2020












