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MIRS subscription newsletter in Lansing asked  last week whether longtime Democratic political guru James CARVILLE is right in arguing that “wokeness” is hurting the Democratic cause – and, if not corrected, will it kill his party in 2022? Could it be that even some progressive-leaning voters believe “it’s gone too far” when Dr. SEUSS books […]

Question: As of today, what top issues look likely that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will use against Republicans in her re-election bid next year? And what will be the top issues the Republican nominee should use against Whitmer? Answer: She will surely focus on Donald Trump (and maybe some Betsy DeVos), and try to tie every […]

A remote Upper Peninsula white pine has been crowned Michigan’s tallest tree Byron Sailor, a retired forester and volunteer tree surveyor, takes some of the measurements for a white pine that would be named Michigan’s tallest tree ever recorded. | Photo courtesy of Byron Sailor By Emily Bingham ebingham@mlive.com Nov. 18, 2021 MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICH. […]

Question 1):  Michigan Attorney General  Dana Nessel issued an apology last Wednesday regarding her intoxication during the Michigan-MSU football game on Oct. 30 in East Lansing. Nessel imbibed two Bloody Mary’s and became drunk and ill during the game. She was encouraged to leave to prevent her from, in her own words, “vomiting on her […]

The following is from a recent issue of The Tennessee Journal, the political newsletter of record in the Volunteer State (see TBR article of 11/8): LEE SECURES $884 MILLION INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR FORD’S MEGASITE PROJECT “Ford Motor Co. didn’t hire any lobbyists to work the (recent) special legislative session to approve a record amount of incentives […]

Not under Gretchen Whitmer, who talks less about economic development than any governor in the past seven decades and delivers actual results hardly ever. Just over a month ago, Michigan-based Ford Motor Co. announced it would establish two “massive” campuses focused on electric vehicles in Tennessee and Kentucky and create, with a battery manufacturing partner […]

What is a “Senior Communications Advisor” in a political candidate’s campaign, and who is Roderika Applewhaite? To answer both questions, Applewhaite (her first name is pronounced roh-DE-ri-kuh) has held the title listed above since March of this year for the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP). Hard to know EVERYTHING she may be doing for the MDP, […]

8 at Princeton Assail ‘False’ Portrayal of Prof as Racist By Stuart Taylor Jr. Real Clear Politics October 27, 2021   YouTube Princeton University’s diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucracy, which receives complaints from faculty and students about alleged discrimination and harassment, itself now stands accused by eight Princeton professors of harassing a ninth by falsely and dishonestly portraying him as a racist. The […]

  My Late Father Was a Great Teacher. He Wouldn’t Last a Week in the Modern Classroom. Jeremy S. Adams UNSPLASH October 25, 2021 My father passed away a few weeks ago. He had spent his entire working life teaching junior high and high school students. Most communities in our country possess a few teachers […]

 QUESTION of the Day):  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered that contractors on state projects must pay union rates (higher than they would be otherwise)  for state construction projects, in a move that would override part of the Republican-controlled Legislature’s 2018 repeal of Michigan’s “prevailing wage” law. Whitmer said: “By reinstating prevailing wage, we are ensuring […]