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ColumnsKeeping Score on Michigan PrisonsMarch 28, 2008 – 10:58 am
IBM's axiom is old, but it still makes sense: "You cannot manage what you do not measure." College-educated autoworkersMarch 19, 2008 – 3:32 pm
One of Michigan's major handicaps has been the profound ignorance most families have about the vital importance of higher education to their children‘s future. Taking Stock of Michigan's citizens' movementMarch 13, 2008 – 9:48 pm
It was two years ago that a day-long conference in Ann Arbor marked the start of a citizen movement to transform Michigan from a struggling, fearful Rust Belt state into the kind of proud, prosperous place we’re all longing for. New Budget Misses Big PictureMarch 7, 2008 – 4:07 pm
The good news is that it doesn't look like we are going to have a knock-down, dragged-out, controversial fight over this year's state budget. But in a way, that's bad news too. A good merger for MichiganFebruary 29, 2008 – 12:19 pm
There are lots of reasons the much-anticipated merger between Northwest and Delta Airlines would be good – very good – for Michigan. But as happens all too often when a good idea comes along, it's met by noisy objections from Washington. What Price Justice?February 15, 2008 – 1:21 pm
What price justice?That's a reasonable question, especially in light of the way we pick the judges who sit on the Michigan Supreme Court. You wouldn't think campaign contributions should have anything to do with judges, but they do. State supreme court judges are nominated for office at partisan political conventions. 211: A marvelous non-profit innovationFebruary 8, 2008 – 1:09 pm
The other day I got a call from some folks at the Michigan Association of United Ways saying they wanted to come and talk. A Way to Pay for School PensionersFebruary 1, 2008 – 9:23 am
If you can understand the language of accountants, you'll often find that their dry words all to often mask a rotting cesspool of financial trouble lurking beneath the surface. Entrepreneurs are beavering in MichiganJanuary 25, 2008 – 3:37 pm
Here we go again: Gathering for the Great LakesJanuary 17, 2008 – 8:16 am
We live surrounded as no other state by the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater system on the globe, accounting for around 20 percent of the world’s total supply of drinkable fresh water. |
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