Impeachment is all the rage in Washington, D.C., these days. But, out in ‘flyover’ country, like Michigan, how does that work? Does Michigan have such a thing as impeachment? Well, yes, but impeachment hasn’t been any more effective in Michigan than in the nation’s capital. In fact, a case could be made that impeachment isn’t […]
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#FRIDAY MORNING PODCAST GETS MICHIGAN POLITICS RIGHT, SAYS HOUR DETROIT
Now in its fourth year, Friday Morning Podcast is one of the best podcasts extant on Michigan politics, says Steve Friess of HOUR DETROIT magazine. Friess lists five podcasts that “Get Michigan Politics Right,” including not only Friday Morning Podcast but also MIRS Monday, The Craig Fahle Show, Michigan Policast, and Field Days. All Friday […]
LET’S GO BACK TO 1908. ONLY TWO SURVIVE!
No, none that were BORN in that year, but a pair that served in the Michigan Legislature under the 1908 Constitution. After all, if they were born in 1908, they would turn 112 years old this year. Maybe that’s a little too much to expect. Last week, we reported that, with the death of former […]
JACK FAXON IS GONE. ONLY RAY MURPHY SURVIVES
The death of former state Senator Jack Faxon, who passed away Jan. 9 at age 83, leaves Raymond M. Murphy (D-Detroit) as the last surviving delegate to the state Constitutional Convention of 1961-62 who also served in the Michigan Legislature. The iconoclastic Faxon served three decades in the Legislature from 1965-1994 (three terms in the […]
IS MICHIGAN SYMPTOMATIC OF THE DECLINE OF THE WEST?
OUR REAL EXISTENTIAL CRISIS: EXTINCTION By Patrick J. Buchanan RealClearPolitics Jan. 3, 2020 “The Death of the West” is not a prediction of what is going to happen. It is a depiction of what is happening now. First World nations are dying.” — Buchanan If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #84 — Interviews with state Rep. Brandt Iden (R-Oshtemo Twp) and Eric Guthrie, State of Michigan Demographer
WALT DeVRIES, AUTHOR & KEY AIDE TO FORMER GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY, DIES AT AGE 90
Walt DeVries, a native of West Michigan who was co-author of “The Ticket-Splitter” and other highly-regarded books on electoral politics and government, died last month at his home in North Carolina following a lengthy illness, shortly after his 90th birthday. DeVries was an elected delegate from Grand Rapids to the famous 1961-62 Michigan Constitutional Convention […]
PRO-BUSINESS LEGAL EAGLES REVOLUTIONIZE MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW
Campaign finance law, an overlooked and poorly-understood aspect of Michigan government and politics, has been profoundly altered over the past quarter-century by a low profile attorney to the advantage of business and the detriment of organized labor. In all started back in the spring of 1994, when Gov. John Engler found both chambers of the […]
OPINION: Bad News for Oakland County’s Bottom Line?
by Chuck Moss Detroit News Dec. 4, 2019 You know about canaries in coal mines? Back in the old days, miners would carry canaries down with them. If the air went bad, canaries would feel it first. Up in Oakland County, 2019 has been a year of regime change. The Board of Commissioners flipped to […]
MPHS ORAL HISTORY: Bill Ballenger’s First 55 Years in Michigan Politics
Ballenger Relives 1,100-Mile Walk Across Michigan In New Interview Then-1982 U.S. Senate candidate Bill BALLENGER had a great attention-grabbing idea, says a Michigan Information & Research (MIRS) report posted this week. The former state legislator was never much of a fundraiser, says MIRS, and didn’t have the Congressional experience of former U.S. Rep. Philip Ruppe (R-Houghton), […]