Op-Ed Columns
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- Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Phil Power: When change is not good
Like many other dogs, my black Lab, HomeTown, has a bed in the back hallway.
Continued ... - Sunday, December 16, 2012
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Jack Lessenberry: Control of Detroit just a blip
If you want a measure of how crazy things are in Michigan these days, consider this: On Monday, the state signaled its intention to take control of Detroit, probably next month. Yet thanks to the right-to-work wars, that dramatic development involving Michigan's largest city got barely any attention.
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George Weeks: Contrasting roles of Murphy, Snyder in labor
There is little in common between Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and 1937-38 Democratic Gov. Frank Murphy — enshrined in history as Michigan's "labor governor" — other than their passion for the University of Michigan.
Continued ... - Sunday, December 9, 2012
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Cons, ex-cons: New underclass
You might think last month's presidential election proved one thing: That there are no longer any racial barriers to success in America.
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Snyder reversal sparks big controversy
Before Gov. Rick Snyder's abrupt flip-flop last week on legislation to make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation, he said it was too divisive an issue for it to be "on my agenda." Now that it is high-profile on his agenda, just how divisive it is has became quickly apparent in a state that is a cradle of the union movement.
Continued ... - Thursday, December 6, 2012
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Phil Power: Don't miss this 'Messiah'
These are the opening lines of "The Messiah," an oratorio written by George Frideric Handel in 1741 and one of the best known and most frequently performed choral works in the Western world.
Continued ... - Sunday, December 2, 2012
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Jack Lessenberry: More Glendas for Detroit
Glenda Price is exactly the type of person Detroit needs. A Philadelphia native, a former scientist turned university administrator, she arrived in 1998 to become the president of Marygrove College, a small, struggling liberal arts school. Within a few years, she had turned the school's bleak finances around, partly by setting up an innovative distance learning program.
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George Weeks: Snyder pushes more links
Every once in a while over a span of three centuries, a governor has played a role on links between Michigan's two peninsulas.
Continued ... - Thursday, November 29, 2012
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Phil Power: Reform in 'lame duck' world
The Legislature opened its 2012 "lame duck" session this week. Where's that phrase come from, anyway?
Continued ... - Thursday, November 22, 2012
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A survival guide to the 'fiscal cliff'
Now that the election is finally over, the national news these days is totally dominated by the specter of the coming "fiscal cliff."
Continued ... - Sunday, November 18, 2012
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Jack Lessenberry: Matty Moroun
Suppose the day after the presidential election, Mitt Romney had his spokesman announce that he didn't accept the verdict, that he believed President Obama wasn't a legitimate president because he was born in Kenya, or maybe on Pluto, and hinted he was going to sue to prevent him from staying in office.
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George Weeks: State leaders remember Helen Milliken
Leading political figures voiced well-deserved tributes last week upon the death of former first lady Helen Milliken for her contributions on behalf of the arts, environment and women's issues.
Continued ... - Thursday, November 15, 2012
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Phil Power: Democracy still best way
Sixty-five years later, it's clear that Churchill's comment has stood the test of time. Last week's election provided two underlying reasons why his remark is still so appropriate.
Continued ... - Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Phil Power: Voters made wise calls
No doubt about it --- this year's national election was a close one, with many cross-currents surging under the surface and the vote count. We now know who won and who lost.
Continued ... - Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Phil Power: Center helps bridge info gap
This election is unlike any in my memory — and since I was born in 1938, that goes back a long way.
Continued ... - Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Phil Power: McGovern was an education
Last week's news that George McGovern, the longtime South Dakota senator and presidential candidate had died triggered a flash of memories going back to the terrible summer of 1968.
Continued ... - Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Jack Lessenberry: Genius of Stan Ovshinsky
Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, came to consult with him. So did physicist I.I. Rabi and a host of Nobel Prize winners. Ovshinsky was granted more than a thousand patents worldwide.
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George Weeks: Who's next as a state cabinet appointee?
Many Michigan business leaders joined cabinets, including, from the auto industry, Defense Secretaries Charles E. Wilson in the Eisenhower Administration and Robert S. McNamara in the Kennedy-Johnson Administrations.
Continued ... - Thursday, October 25, 2012
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Phil Power: Vote 'no' on Props 2 through 6
The Michigan Constitution should not be for sale.
Continued ... - Sunday, October 21, 2012
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The battle to run Oakland County
There may be no county in the nation as strongly identified with one man as Oakland County is with L. Brooks Patterson, who has dominated the political landscape since 1972.
Continued ... - Sunday, October 14, 2012
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Jack Lessenberry: Dems fail to see an opportunity
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George Weeks: A dangerous batch of ballot proposals
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
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Phil Power: Beautiful fall day brings joy
The fish jumped, twice, each landing shattering the glass calm of the lake into thousands of brightly colored shards of light.
Continued ... - Sunday, October 7, 2012
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Ag issues raised on northern campaign trails
Failure of Congress to pass a farm bill flared last week on campaign trails in Northern Michigan.
Continued ... - Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Phil Power: School reform opportunity
For the first time in years, the door to far-reaching school reform in Michigan is gradually creaking open.
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