I’ve been watching with worry as Michigan’s COVID-19 cases skyrocket into what some don’t want to admit is true — that we’re in a third wave of the pandemic. Our cases per day in Metro Detroit are higher than when all this started a year ago and...
2020 has been rough. Not only with the loss and turmoil, but since the spring I’ve had to worry constantly for my 72 year old mother, Paula who lives with us. The data shows — and even the skeptics generally agree — that seniors generally get hit...
Our guest today is Kara Swisher, one of the foremost tech and business journalists in the country. Beyond her work at Vox and her column at the New York Times, she’s found success with her podcasts including Recode/ Decode and another she co-hosts...
A couple of weeks ago there was news out of Montgomery, Alabama that they unveiled a new statue of none other than civil rights activist and icon Rosa Parks. It didn’t stop south of the Mason-Dixon Line. For three days on the Milwaukee bus system...
I was looking at the news catching up on what’s happening in the world. The ongoing and spiritually exhausting presidential drama. Attacks in Syria, happening immediately after we stepped aside. Much, much more. And then I found this...
If you look at the headlines around Detroit’s turnaround, it’s often about megaprojects, large corporations, giant incentives and millions of dollars of demolition. Here’s the reality. Most of the things getting built right now, as far as...
Although not the greatest of problems for our metropolis, it’s among the most maddening because it didn’t have to be this way. It’s a series of human errors that didn’t have to be made. After $187 million+ poured in from...
Today in the news was the stories of scuffles at both of the famous American and Lafayette coney islands downtown. Apparently, there are yahoos who think it’s just fine to break the glass on the windows there and insult the employees regularly...
It’s a sad day for lovers of Eastern Market and a quirky deli that’s beloved by many. Mark Kurlyandchik over at the Freep is reporting that Russell Street Deli in Eastern Market is closing September 28. The reason? A landlord/tenant...
Multiple outlets are saying that the talks between General Motors and soon-to-be electric SUV maker Rivian about an investment have broken down. The reason why is what caught my attention. For quick background: Rivian has caught headlines a couple...
So let’s be clear. I don’t like toll roads. The idea feels strange in the state that put the world on wheels. But we need to get real about what’s facing us when it comes to road funding, and everything should be on the table. Our...
Here we go again. Yet another Detroit developer with ideas rooted in the 1980s is trying to bring down another great, old building that has been part of the fabric of the city. The latest is the news that the first Detroit Saturday Night Building at...
Podcasting is great because it’s like radio, but better. Here are some key differences. Podcasts can be about whatever topic you’re interested in because you aren’t limited to the geography of how far the signal from a broadcast...
In his latest divisive missive, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson sounds like an emperor yelling at the thunder clouds in the sky, ordering it not to rain. According to the letter, some CEOs of large companies and organizations in the...
The Detroit region already squandered the latest, best opportunity to invest in our region and sharpen our economic competitiveness, thanks to the intransigence of Oakland and Macomb Counties in stonewalling the latest Regional Transit Authority...
