Oakland County Commissioners may, or may not, be grappling with government transparency and ethics proposals in the months ahead. I say...

The strength of the social safety net has always been a top personal concern of mine, which has less to do with political leanings and...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines autocracy as government in which one person possesses unlimited power; a community or state...

There seems to be general agreement, among those who follow the machinations of state lawmakers in Lansing, that the most recently...

With this January issue kicking off our 16th calendar year of producing Downtown Newsmagazine , it seemed an appropriate time to both do...

This space in December of 2016 was used to offer some advice to readers, and in particular to my two sons, coming off Donald Trump’s...

Every two years when the primary and general elections roll around I am reminded how way too many decades ago my mother would have me or...

Not often do we have an opportunity to discuss what we do here at Downtown Publications so I am taking time this month to highlight a...

Traditionally this space in a magazine is used by the publisher to hype the contents of the current issue – not a practice that we have...

With the distribution of our December issue each year I set aside some time for review and reflection on what those of us who bring you...