Friday, March 12, 2010
Viewpoints
Nolan Finley's Blog
Nolan Finley: The Detroit teachers union is foaming at the mouth over Robert Bobb's $81,000 pay raise, which … Continued
Raging Bullard
George Bullard: Even after all these weeks of patter, you have to wonder what the hell NBC was thinking when they … Continued
Henry Payne's Sketchbook
Henry Payne: Washington keeps assuring us it's not running the auto companies it owns. So GM's decision to keep … Continued
Climategate Panel
The Detroit News and WJR Radio brought together leaders from the fields of climatology, energy politics, and the auto industry to debate whether the so-called Climategate scandal has undermined auto regulations.
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Continuing Series
50 ideas to fix Michigan
We're highlighting ideas from various groups to promote discussion on reform and restructuring government and the economy
CyberSurvey
Climate science scandals
Have scandals among climate scientists changed your view on the need to limit carbon dioxide emissions?
How They See Us
Outsiders' views of Detroit
What are people outside of Detroit saying about our city? We'll keep an eye on the media and report back in a new feature, "How They See Us."
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For Friday, Mar 12, 2010
News reports
- Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Health Bill -- Roll Call
Opinion
- Two Dems pollsters: Democrats' blind ambition -- Washington Post
- House GOP raises stakes on earmarks -- Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Time to depolarize terror policy -- National Journal
- What the neoconservatives got right in Middle East -- Foreign Policy
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Editorial: Obama failing to keep pledge to focus on jobs
President Barack Obama's promise to stay "laser focused" on job creation has turned into little more than a side-long glance. Since making the pledge in his February State of the Union address, the president has returned to a nearly nonstop campaign to pass his unpopular government health care takeover and allowed the task of creating jobs to continue drifting. - 03/12/2010
Editorial: High salaries cocoon MEA union officials from state's and members' harsh economic realities
To understand how insulated the Michigan Education Association is from the economic realities affecting the rest of the state, consider this: The employee who sorts the union's mail makes $64,000 a year. And secretaries in its headquarters make as much as top classroom teachers. - 03/12/2010
Commentary
Toyota suffers from a rush to judgment
Toyota is in a world of hurt. Analysts estimate the automaker's contingent liabilities top $5 billion. It will be 15 years before the class-action hounds let go. - 03/12/2010
Michael Barone
Low-tax Texas beats big-government California
"Stop messing with Texas!" That was the message Gov. Rick Perry bellowed on election night as he celebrated his victory over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary for governor. In his reference to Texas' anti-littering slogan, Perry was making a point applicable to national as well as Texas politics and addressed to Democratic politicians as well as Republicans. - 03/12/2010
Froma Harrop
Beware gremlins in Guccis on finance reform
A big chunk of rock went missing from Mount Rushmore when Paul Volcker broke away in 2008 to stand stony-faced behind candidate Barack Obama. The former Federal Reserve chairman served as a reassuring presence from an older, more orderly financial era that had been sacrificed on the altar of deregulation. Volcker has since written the "Volcker rule," a formula for preventing another near-collapse of our financial system and accompanying government bailout. - 03/12/2010
Frank Beckmann
Don't go fishing for lakes' trouble
Environmental groups have insisted that man should not encroach on territories inhabited by the likes of Kirtland warblers, spotted owls, snail darters and marsh mice. - 03/12/2010
Rebuttal: Term limits give Michigan a new start
About the March 11 editorial "Unlimited failure: Wayne State study confirms that term limits cheat Michigan of effective political leadership": The News editorial board has got to be kidding. - 03/12/2010
Letters
Policy lessens nuclear threat; Label source of gasoline; Stop business tax increases - 03/12/2010
Letters: Lessons from writing of Detroit Public Schools board president
Deal with complaints; Detroit's writing on the wall; Learning disabled can excel; Leader sets wrong example; Detroit sets bar low; Writing disqualifies Mathis; Competency required; Failure to govern - 03/12/2010
A generation in debt
Congress, president set poor bipartisan spending example
Two gentlemen from an older generation sat in a café recently, discussing their memories of the collegiate political scene in the 1960s -- Berkley and riots and flaming cars and tear gas. They were unaware of an eavesdropping youth. - 03/11/2010
Nolan Finley
Anticipation builds for next Kilpatrick twist
You can't have a conversation in this town lately without it moving to the inevitable question: "So, do you think the feds will indict Kwame Kilpatrick?" - 03/11/2010
Editorial: Detroit has an opportunity to produce high-quality schools
The city's education leaders -- both public and charter -- have come together on a revolutionary plan that could rid Detroit of failing schools and assure that 90 percent of school children graduate and go on to college. We hope it will win overwhelming community support. - 03/11/2010
Editorial: Term limits cheat Michigan of effective leadership
Term limits have been a disaster for Michigan. But don't take our word for it. Wayne State University has just finished a 12-year study on the effect of term limits on Michigan's political structure and has come to the same conclusion. - 03/11/2010
A generation in debt
Exorbitant costs of federal debt damage our generation's chance for prosperity
The majority of young Americans are liberal idealists moved by a visceral reaction against the George W. Bush era. But the reforms of the Democratic Party that they fervently support do not benefit our generation. - 03/11/2010
A generation in debt
Deficit spending is an investment in future; consider it a failure if it fails to pay off
The idea that President Barack Obama should cut up America's credit cards -- that we somehow "can't afford" major investments in our future, and that pursuing them is irresponsible -- is disingenuous. - 03/11/2010
