Tim Skubick

Back in the day the only time there was any bad blood between Michigan and Canada was when either the Montreal Canadians or the Toronto Maple Leafs cleaned the clock of our sometimes hapless Detroit Red Wings.

It's really a downright shame that some fancy-smancy foundation has not cough up the cash to establish a Nobel Peace Prize-like award for political players who make a good faith effort to deliver to the citizens something they are begging for now even more. That would be more sincere attempts at bipartisan cooperation whereby the participants realize they sometimes have to set aside strongly held beliefs, get in the room with folks from the other side who feel the same way, and pledge to do the people's business by finding common ground to solve pressing issues.

It's really a downright shame that some fancy-smancy foundation has not cough up the cash to establish a Nobel Peace Prize-like award for political players who make a good faith effort to deliver to the citizens something they are begging for now even more.

That whirling sound you heard was “Uncle Walter” * (see bottom of page) spinning in his CBS grave while the accompanying thud above ground was in the mainstream news media outlets across the state and the world. They were hearing for the first time that the majority of news consumers are being fed by social media.

Republicans claim that Democratic candidate for Gov. Jocelyn Benson is a socialist, just like U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The Democrats claim that GOP candidate for Governor John James is…

The Michigan House voted to take big corporate money out of politics this week. However, Democratic Senate leader Winnie Brinks will not allow a vote on it.

Long before cell phones invaded every school in the state driving down student attention spans to lower than the balance in your checkboo, about the only way students back in the day could ignore the teacher was to hide a dirty book inside the pages of a text book and then hope teach would not wander by to see it.

Way long before cell phones invaded every school in the state, driving down student attention spans to lower than the balance in your checkbook, about the only way students back in the day could ignore the teacher was to hide a dirty book inside the pages of a textbook and then hope the teacher would not wander by to see it.

Democrats need support from Detroit voters to secure the victory in Michigan’s top two political races.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the same holds true for political party unity. You may not have noticed it, but for years in this state it was the state GOP that found itself hopelessly embroiled in an ununified fight with itself.