‘Let’s walk’: Genesee County Sheriff removes riot gear, joins protesters in march by Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press May 31, 2020 A single fist bump started a movement in Flint Township Saturday. A video of Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson removing his riot gear and walking with Flint protesters went viral Saturday. “We want to be […]
BRIDGE Magazine: U.S. Justice Dept. Joins Lawsuit Against Whitmer
by Jonathan Oosting BRIDGE Magazine May 29, 2020 LANSING — The U.S. Department of Justice announced late Friday that it is backing a lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, arguing she “imposed arbitrary and irrational limits” on businesses to fight COVID-19. The move comes one month after U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal prosecutors […]
WHITMER’S REOPENING OF MICHIGAN’S ECONOMY LACKS CLARITY OF OTHER STATES
By Malachi Barrett MLive May 29, 2020 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to reopen public spaces and workplaces lacks clear targets and benchmarks included in plans released by neighboring states. Michigan joined a seven-state coalition to coordinate the reopening of the Midwest regional economy last month, though each state is taking its own unique approach to […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #105 — Interviews with Bill Schuette, ex-Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema, & MI Retailers CEO Bill Hallan
COVID-19 vs. THE ECONOMY: HUGE LOSS OF LIFE ON BOTH SIDES
The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life By Scott W. Atlas, John R. Birge, Ralph L Keeney and Alexander Lipton, Opinion Contributors THE HILL 5/26/2020 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill Our governmental COVID-19 mitigation policy of broad societal lockdown focuses on […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #104 — COVID-19 CALYPSO! Interviews with Michigan Chamber of Commerce CEO Rich Studley, Libertarian Honcho Bill Gelineau, & state House Candidate Gina Johnsen (R-Delta Twp)
BLOOMBERG: LOCKDOWNS HAVEN’T PROVED THEY’RE WORTH THE HAVOC
by Joe Nocera Bloomberg May 21, 2020 (Bloomberg Opinion) — My junior and senior years in high school were 1968 and 1969; five decades later, I can still remember some of the main events of that era: the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the bombing of Cambodia, the Apollo 8 […]
IN MICHIGAN, WHO’S RIGHT? GOV. WHITMER OR THE LEGISLATURE?
(Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool) In Michigan’s COVID-19 Branch-War, the Legislature is Right By Adam Carrington RealClearPolicy.com May 19, 2020 A branch-war has erupted in the state of Michigan. The conflict pits Michigan’s Governor, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, against the GOP-controlled state legislature. The conflict concerns two elements of Michigan’s response to COVID-19. […]
1957 FLU PANDEMIC: HOW A BOARDING SCHOOL COPED
In 1957, the second of three 20th Century influenza pandemics hit the United States (the others started in 1918 and 1968). The 1957 flu was a novel strain of the influenza virus subtype H2N2 and was called the “Asiatic” or “Asian” flu because it had started in Hong Kong. Emanating from a recombination of avian […]
BIDEN’S BEST PATH TO VICTORY LIES THROUGH MICHIGAN, SAYS PUNDIT
Doug Sosnik on Biden’s best path to 270 Electoral College Votes by Doug Sosnik Axios May 18, 2020 Doug Sosnik, who was the White House political director during President Clinton’s successful re-election race, writes for Axios that during President Trump’s first term, the country completed a political realignment that began in 1992. Why it matters: […]