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Question 1): What, if anything, will be the political ramifications of the Oxford, Michigan, School District shootings? Answer 1):  Legislatively, we can only hope there will be some bipartisan, common sense, incremental steps taken to address some of the obvious mistakes that were made, including what seems to amount to almost criminal negligence by Oxford […]

Removing illegals from the nation: Ike showed us the way Exclusive: Brent Smith touts ‘Operation Wetback,’ which caused extensive self-deportation By Brent Smith WND/Daily Angle December 9, 2021 Putting aside those who are freely crossing into our country expressly to do us harm – i.e., terrorists (yes, they still exist) – there are untold amounts […]

Question:  Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) has pushed back against demands that it release a pair of briefing memos on the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), prepared by its legal counsel, which opt to classify the documents as privileged attorney-client communications that cannot be shared with the public. The ICRC has been under pressure […]

by Derek Thompson The Atlantic magazine Dec. 2, 2021 Let’s start with a simple mystery: What happened to original blockbuster movies? Throughout the 20th century, Hollywood produced a healthy number of entirely new stories. The top movies of 1998—including Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, and There’s Something About Mary—were almost all based on original screenplays. But […]

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 […]