Katharine Q. Seelye of The New York Times has a good piece up about some of the ways some southerners are planning to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of the Civil War. Predictably some of these people refuse to admit that the war was about slavery and consider anyone who says otherwise to be raving northerners bent [...]
Chicago Breaking Sports noted today that Rich Rod’s current embodiment of God, Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon, who decides whether RichRod will keep his job or not, has not hinted at any decision as of yet: ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says he’s not letting speculation about Rich Rodriguez’s future change his [...]
I don’t usually do this but I’ve got to disagree with Matthew Yglesias’s suspicion that it’s inefficient to exempt nonprofits from taxes because those nonprofits take up valuable space. Yglesias notes that in Mount Clemens, near Detroit, things have gotten so bad that the mayor has sent out letters to local nonprofits asking for donations to the [...]
I try to stay away from news about the Palin family. I think a big part of the reason Palin is so prominent is because people (media, the general populace) think she’s important…but they just can’t explain why. She’s a house of cards. She’s too big to fail. But today I’m going to make an [...]
I think it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Ann Arbor residents need to pay more attention to what’s going on at City Council meetings. One good example is the recently instituted couch ban. Another is a vote this evening on additional regulations to Ann Arbor marijuana dispensaries. The Wall Street Journal described the potential regulations well: On Monday, [...]
The week’s best links that we didn’t get to: 1. The Obamas boogie down in India. 2. Finally, Senators addressing real problems…like Four Loko. 3. Should we return to the gold standard? 4. Dana Goldstein’s take on merit pay for teachers. 5. The myth of scientific literacy. 6. Can computers draw fair congressional districts? 7. While [...]
