Journalism gets punched in the face again The good people at Detroit’s dailies are taking another pay cut. And rumors are swirling that Gannett will sell the Free Press to the outfit (I forget their name) that owns the News. Then they’ll cut more jobs and replace actual reporting with mom blogs. Maybe they’ll even shutter a whole paper. Pretty soon there will be no actual journalism left. Just... Read more→

Capital Beltway is John Conyers’ Maginot Line For people who keep Mike Allen atop their RSS readers, aged coward John Conyers is a swell guy. Even if his delusional sociopath of a wife used his brand name, with his explicit permission and support, to loot Detroit. Conyers shouldn’t have to answer questions about that. And no one should ask those questions, either. At least if they want to attend... Read more→

If THEY can take Sherry Washington, we are all vulnerable It’s an egregious violation of Detroit’s precious right of home rule, but federal prosecutors indicted beloved local entrepreneur Sherry Washington and former DPS risk management chief Stephen Hill. Washington and Hill are heroes to a community resisting this effort to steal Detroit’s autonomous, awful school system with a warrior’s... Read more→

Did you know only one of the Columbine victims was African-American? Because of racism! And only Sam Riddle was brave enough to speak out about this injustice. Or something. We’re getting this from the Michigan Citizen’s Diane Bukowski and she’s never been much for details. Or facts. She certainly never lets facts get between her and a strident polemic on the class struggle. Read more→ SHARETHIS.addEntry({... Read more→