http://www.detroitnews.com/graphics/detnews_printart.jpg http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage en-us Copyright 2012, detroitnews.com Saxotech Online online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:42:01 EDT 30 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120210/MIVIEW/202100386/1467/rss55 Frank Beckmann's column is off this week. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:12:00 EDT Frank Beckmann http://detroitnews.com/article/20120210/MIVIEW/202100386/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120210/MIVIEW/202100385/1467/rss55 Gary Wolfram's column is off this week. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:12:00 EDT Gary Wolfram http://detroitnews.com/article/20120210/MIVIEW/202100385/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120210/MIVIEW/202100384/1467/rss55 To Patterson, the UnGranholm, even Snyder's two-year budgeting is timid stuff. He's had Oakland County working from three-year rolling budgets for some time now, and it's been effective enough that the county has been able to bank $201 million in reserve funds even during the worst economy the nation has seen in a generation. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Dan Calabrese http://detroitnews.com/article/20120210/MIVIEW/202100384/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090468/1467/rss55 ]]>To Patterson, the UnGranholm, even Snyder's two-year budgeting is timid stuff. He's had Oakland County working from three-year rolling budgets for some time now, and it's been effective enough that the county has been able to bank $201 million in reserve funds even during the worst economy the nation has seen in a generation. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Dan Calabrese The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090468/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/OPINION03/202090335/1467/rss55 Mitt Romney says the greatest influence on his life, both personally and politically, is his late father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney. I hope the GOP presidential front-runner has in his files somewhere an essay his dad wrote in'92 and placed as an advertisement in The Detroit News and other papers. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Nolan Finley http://detroitnews.com/article/20120209/OPINION03/202090335/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090469/1467/rss55 ]]>The Supreme Court has consistently demanded that political speech receive First Amendment protection. Yet under the Michigan Campaign Finance Act, political speech - in the form expenditures to convey ideas - is treated like a dissident Muscovite circa'55. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Matthew G. Davis The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090469/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090467/1467/rss55 This was supposed to be Pete Hoekstra's Super Week. On the biggest stage in the land, the Republican Senate frontrunner hired the same media strategist, Strategic Perception Inc.'s Fred Davis, who had established Rick Snyder's brand with a legendary Super Bowl ad in 2010. One Tough Nerd meet PeteSpendItNot. Hail the challenger. Look out Debbie Stabenow. What could go wrong? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Henry Payne The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090467/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090470/1467/rss55 But the most egregious aspect of the Obama bailout is its annexation of the auto sector to the administration's green energy schemes. It's no exaggeration to say the auto industry is being used to fulfill a throwaway line in an Obama speech calling for one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090470/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090369/1467/rss55 Take note, Governor Snyder. Caterpillar's move came almost immediately after Indiana passed a right-to-work law, which will make union dues voluntary in the state. Labor officials claim R2W will deplete union funds, making it much more difficult for them to organize factories. Coincidence? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Robert Laurie http://detroitnews.com/article/20120209/MIVIEW/202090369/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080458/1467/rss55 ]]>Take note, Governor Snyder. Caterpillar's move came almost immediately after Indiana passed a right-to-work law, which will make union dues voluntary in the state. Labor officials claim R2W will deplete union funds, making it much more difficult for them to organize factories. Coincidence? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:32:00 EDT Robert Laurie The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080458/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080459/1467/rss55 ]]>So a parade for guys that play a game to entertain us, but not for those that make such freedom possible? Am I missing something here? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:42:00 EDT Chris Kobus The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080459/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080457/1467/rss55 I don't buy the pro-Obama scandal of the Chrysler Super Bowl ad featuring Clint Eastwood. The Eastwood ad was killer. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:17:00 EDT Jason Vines The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080457/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080341/1467/rss55 In a new commercial for U.S. Senate candidate and former Congressman Pete Hoekstra, an actress portraying a youngish Chinese woman rides her bike up to the camera and thanks "Debbie Spend-It-Now" for putting America deeply into debt. The actress's less-than-perfect syntax has drawn fire for playing on stereotypes. But the real problem is the half-baked economics that the ad promotes. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Mackinac Center http://detroitnews.com/article/20120208/MIVIEW/202080341/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070437/1467/rss55 ]]>The party that perfected xenophobic, Red China-baiting politics is appalled that Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra is China-baiting. Between the Yellow Peril and One Percenter envy, Democratic campaigns are perennial appeals to wrath and envy. Hoekstra's error is that he is so . . .Brewer-esque. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:42:00 EDT Henry Payne The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070437/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070435/1467/rss55 ]]>In its simplest state this is an Italian-owned car company blatantly trying to guilt America into buying more of its cars and trucks, and willing to do it by using any means necessary. Even if they have to drag Clint Eastwood into the mix in order to pull it off. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:00 EDT http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070435/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070436/1467/rss55 Pete Hoekstra should be ashamed for his Super Bowl airing of an inappropriate and insensitive political advertisement aimed at Senator Debbie Stabenow. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:00 EDT Tom Watkins The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070436/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070438/1467/rss55 A Loudoun County (Northern Virginia just outside of the DC Looney Bin) couple is getting hauled into court for not getting their kids to school on time. The father, Mark Denicore, told the Washington Post: "This is the nanny state gone wild." Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:47:00 EDT Jason Vines The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070438/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070369/1467/rss55 Jeffrey Hadden's column is off this week. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:00 EDT Jeffrey Hadden http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070369/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070368/1467/rss55 Before the end of the year, Metro Detroit will likely cast a millage vote for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). It will be a tough call in an economically-depressed environment. However, the critical question to be answered is why anyone should pump more money into the DIA when city residents - and increasingly suburban patrons - show so little interest in supporting it or keeping it vibrant. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:00 EDT Bill Johnson http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070368/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070367/1467/rss55 If Hoekstra's Super Bowl ad itself doesn't repulse you fully, don't worry. There's a whole web site dedicated to finishing the job, helpfully designed to look just like the menu at the Chinese Buffet, and augmented by every xenophobic meme about 'shipping jobs overseas' that you would expect from a Ross Perot infomercial circa'92. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:00 EDT Dan Calabrese http://detroitnews.com/article/20120207/MIVIEW/202070367/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060404/1467/rss55 ]]>Chrysler once again was the buzz of the Super Bowl ads. Changing out Eminem for Eastwood, the back-from-the-dead automaker wrapped itself in the flag and grew its message. In 2012, Chrysler says it's America's comeback story. Is it also Obama's comeback story? cheered Team Obama. Personal foul! yelled conservative critics. The Michigan View All-Stars weigh in: Bauman, Burr, Dalmia, Kozak, and Payne. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT The Michigan View All-Stars http://detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060404/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060401/1467/rss55 ]]>If Hoekstra's Super Bowl ad itself doesn't repulse you fully, don't worry. There's a whole web site dedicated to finishing the job, helpfully designed to look just like the menu at the Chinese Buffet, and augmented by every xenophobic meme about 'shipping jobs overseas' that you would expect from a Ross Perot infomercial circa'92. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Dan Calabrese The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060401/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060405/1467/rss55 So it's only fair, in the spirit of OWS, that New England's franchise player be handed over. So Brady will go to the Browns. Drew Brees will be forced to go to the Miami Dolphins. And if Peyton Manning ever gets rid of that pain in the neck, he's going to the Washington Redskins. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Chris Kobus The Michigan View.com http://detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060405/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060403/1467/rss55 A Loudoun County (Northern Virginia just outside of the DC Looney Bin) couple is getting hauled into court for not getting their kids to school on time. The father, Mark Denicore, told the Washington Post: "This is the nanny state gone wild." Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Jason Vines http://detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060403/1467/rss55 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060402/1467/rss55 Before the end of the year, Metro Detroit will likely cast a millage vote for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). It will be a tough call in an economically-depressed environment. However, the critical question to be answered is why anyone should pump more money into the DIA when city residents - and increasingly suburban patrons - show so little interest in supporting it or keeping it vibrant. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EDT Bill Johnson http://detroitnews.com/article/20120206/MIVIEW/202060402/1467/rss55