Editorial Quick Hits: Bail out of booze business

Hopefully, Michigan has taken a small step toward getting out of the booze business with the Senate’s passing of three bills that expand the list of places where residents can buy bottles of wine or jugs of beer.

Editorial Quick Hits: Other views

David Harsanyi in Reason: The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups (or, more precisely, groups displaying a bit too much gusto for limited government) was far more widespread than its initial apology would have led Americans to imagine.

Syria, not Benghazi, is Obama soft spot

Polls during the 2012 campaign consistently showed President Barack Obama with a significant advantage on foreign policy, thanks largely to the killing of Osama bin Laden and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The best of times are coming in Detroit

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...” Or so it goes in Detroit.

Letters: Readers discuss Detroit

Re: Darren Nichols’ May 16 THINK story, “The outsider: Kevyn Orr vs. Everybody”: When people are unaware of something they tend to fear it. The very people who are aware fan the flames of fear.

Editorial: Feds’ press snooping risks 1st Amendment

Word from the U.S. Justice Department that it subpoenaed several months worth of Associated Press phone records shouldn’t just outrage the journalists involved. This clear and clumsy overreach strikes at the heart of Americans’ most prized possession: their First Amendment rights.

Not such strange bedfellows

Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt — the benighted Mainstream Media.

Do your patriotic duty: Ask your boss for a pay raise

The downturn we call the Great Recession officially started in 2007.

There should be a law: Congress, read the bills

Maybe it is only because I am one of the few members of Congress without a background in politics, but the way Congress does business is sometimes hard to believe.

Mayor Dave Bing’s legacy: He served Detroit well

It should not have come as a surprise when Dave Bing announced this week that he would not seek another term as Detroit’s mayor.

Letters: Can Kevyn Orr save Detroit?

Re: Darren Nichols’ May 16 THINK story, “The outsider: Kevyn Orr vs. Everybody”: If the voters of Detroit want a better city, more jobs and less crime, they should stop worrying about where the next mayor was born and more about his or her intelligence, work ethic and willingness to make the necessary decisions needed to fix the problems.

Letters: Could Bing run Wayne County?

Mayor Dave Bing has failed miserably in Detroit. Now he thinks he is qualified to be the Wayne County executive? What planet does he live on?

Letters: Notre Dame ‘chickens out’ vs. U-M

Re: Matt Charboneau’s May 14 report, “Brady Hoke comment elicits ‘delicious’ response from Notre Dame player”: Notre Dame playing ACC football is a pathetic joke. Let’s see, how long has it been since Duke was a football powerhouse? And what about North Carolina? Sounds to me like all they want to do is set up a pansy schedule.

The outsider: Kevyn Orr vs. everybody

It’s a sentiment so deeply ingrained in the city’s culture that it’s a catchphrase for a popular T-shirt: “Detroit vs. Everybody.” The city’s resistance to outsiders is a major hurdle for Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who is charged with restructuring a city whose residents have long insisted they can fix issues on their own.

Press’ wake-up a nightmare for Obama

If a scandal falls in Washington and the media heavyweights ignore it, does it make a noise?

Editorial: IRS scandal raises serious questions

That the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative political organizations is well established — the agency admits it, and the mound of evidence to ...

Lansing takes wrong path on no-fault auto insurance reform

For forty years, Michigan’s auto no-fault insurance system has provided peace of mind, financial security, and the highest quality of life possible for car ...

Closure of Buena Vista schools a wake up call

Continual budget problems will face Michigan schools until the unsustainable, structural funding issues surrounding them are addressed.

Michigan teens will face job shortages

Michigan parents, prepare yourselves: With a 22.9 percent teen unemployment rate heading into the summer of 2013, your jobless kids might be making frequent ...

Letter: DSO represents Detroit well in New York

Last Thursday was my first time in Carnegie Hall. As a classical music lover and two-year resident of Manhattan, that pains me to admit. But the occasion of my ...

Letter: Heart attack survivor: Sequestration cut needed health funding

Sequestration cut national health funding by $1.5 billion dollars — funding that goes to organizations like the National Institutes of Health and to medical ...

Letters: Readers debate Common Core Standards

Back in 2010, Michigan, along with 40 other states, adopted Common Core Standards, establishing new curriculum standards in math and English. These standards ...

Editorial: Dave Bing did the best he could as Detroit’s mayor

Dave Bing came to Detroit at a time when the city needed him most. Soiled by the corruption of the Kwame Kilpatrick administration, Bing promised as mayor to ...

Labor Voices: Hoffa: Let’s rebuild America’s railways

America’s railroads have united east and west, stimulated commerce between the states and propelled our great nation into a global economic power. They are as ...

Does Ronald Reagan’s legacy still haunt the GOP?

The 40th president has been dead for nine years. He hasn’t been president for a quarter-century. The world he inhabited — with the Soviets ruling the Kremlin, ...

Letters: Detroit News readers speak up on Benghazi

Re: The Detroit News’ May 12 Editorial, “Benghazi questions deserve answers”: The News’ editorial on Benghazi neglects to tell readers why the first draft of ...

Letters: On Dave Bing’s retirement, Detroit’s future

Re: Darren Nichols’ May 14 report, “Mayor Dave Bing won’t seek re-election in 2013”: Are you kidding me? Bing, go home and retire. This is the big leagues. You ...

Editorial: Yes, Detroit, it really is this bad

Consider Kevyn Orr’s assessment of Detroit’s financial crisis as equal parts warning siren and leverage. The city’s emergency manager is giving residents and ...

Tricky Barack meets Tricky Dick

Pat Caddell, the youngest Democrat on Richard Nixon’s Enemies List thanks to his staff position on George McGovern’s 1972 Democratic presidential campaign, ...