detnews.com - Opinion

Editorial: Stimulus aid isn't creating jobs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

The Obama administration and Congress are coming under increasing fire over blunders, duplicate counts and exaggerations in the reporting of jobs created or saved by its $787-billion economic stimulus program. Newspapers in several states have discovered overstated job totals, modest real employment gains from the program and cases in which the spending protected or created no jobs at all.

Editorial: Expand nursing schools

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

Michigan faces an estimated shortage of 18,000 nurses in the next five years. Bachelor's degree nursing programs at four-year colleges and universities cannot accommodate all the students who want to attend. The state should allow community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees in nursing.

David Brooks: U.S. should recapture its faith in the future

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

The rise of China is producing a crisis in America's faith about the future.

Frank Beckmann: Top legal leader needs to restore trust in justice

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the trial of 9/11 terrorist suspects in civil court is a way to show the world the superiority of the American justice system.

Welcome to Palin's Lady Gaga tour of Michigan

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:00 EST

Sarah Palin blew in here Wednesday with all the stagecraft (and subtlety) of Lady Gaga, pulling up in a luxury tour bus ensconced with the cover photo from her book, right down to her glossy lips and heavenward gaze.

Sarah Palin strikes back in 'Going Rogue'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

When Sarah Palin comes to your house for dinner, do not invite John McCain's campaign manager, Steve Schmidt; his top aide, Nicole Wallace; or CBS anchor Katie Couric. They come in for a real beating as America's most interesting politician settles scores that still rankle from the 2008 presidential campaign in "Going Rogue: An American Life."

Palin savors a fine whine

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:00 EST

The temperature was close to zero Monday as I left the house to buy Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." The book was almost impossible to find in Anchorage before its official release Tuesday. The salesman who finally sold me one asked me to promise I wouldn't reveal his identity if he sold me a pre-publication copy.

Pragmatic Palin reinvents herself

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:00 EST

Sarah Palin has a talent for reinvention. Since her first campaign in 1992, she's gone through a wardrobe full of political personas. Study her career and you count no less than five identities: Sarah the culture warrior, Sarah the watchdog, Sarah the reformer, Sarah the veep and now, Sarah the celebrity.

Rebuttal: MEA wants federal aid, reforms that work

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

It's disappointing to read The News' claims that the Michigan Education Association is standing in the way of Michigan receiving "Race to the Top" funds from the federal government ("School sabotage: Michigan Education Association works to keep reforms, federal money at bay while school districts struggle," Nov. 8). Nothing could be further from the truth.

End the educational paper chase

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

The Detroit News is highlighting ideas from various groups to promote discussion on reform, restructuring government and the economy.