This January issue of Downtown marks the start of the ninth year of publication of the news magazine – quite a milestone in an industry...

Over the coming days and weeks it will be interesting to see if what I call the wall of silence will prevail in the possible criminal...

The media business has come a long way since the heady days of newspaper barons like William Randolph Hearst who in 1887 was given...

Contrary to what critics of mine may think, I consider myself an Independent when it comes to politics, although I admit on many social...

The old adage that 'those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it' is now playing out in grand fashion as the Michigan legislature and...

During the course of last year I devoted one of my monthly columns on the effort in Lansing to begin applying the Michigan Freedom of...

Since arriving in Oakland in the early 1970's, I have had the good fortune of observing first hand as this county took its rightful place...

One is almost tempted to congratulate President Donald Trump for single-handily re-energizing the media landscape, especially the...

Privacy protection on the internet has taken a beating in recent weeks. That much most people by now have heard. The short version taken...

Like many parents, I suspect, as our two boys were growing up we made sure they understood the value of exercising their right to vote,...