God, I love the New Yorker. Their endorsement of Obama is one of the very best things that I’ve read over the course of this past year. It’s thoughtful, comprehensive, and brilliantly written. Following are two brief clips. One pertains to Obama. The other pertains to Romney. I’d highly recommend following the link, though, and […]
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The New Yorker enthusiastically endorses Obama, saying his reelection is “a matter of great urgency”
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 47%, Affordable Care Act, AmeriCorps, Ayn Rand, bipartisanship, Bush, civil rights, class warfare, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elena Kagan, equal pay for equal work, FDR, Freeloading 47, gay rights, Global Warming, Guantánamo, gun control, infrastructure, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, marriage equality, New Deal, Obama, Obama is a Socialist, Obamacare, Pell grants, predator drones, Republican lies, Republican obstructionism, right-wing extremism, Romney, Sonia Sotomayor, stimulus, Supreme Court, women's rights 17 Comments
Ann Arbor – Detroit passenger rail… Can Dingell deliver?
According to an article just published in Crain’s, it looks as though we should find out in a few days whether or not the Federal Rail Administration will be coming forward to invest $200 million in the Ann Arbor – Detroit commuter line that we’re all so anxious to see happen. Here’s a clip: …The […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Politics, Rail, Sustainability, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amtrak, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, bailout, Big 3, Bill Clinton, Carmine Palombo, Dearborn, Dingell, election, Federal Rail Administration, Michigan Department of Transportation, Rail, Rob Steele, SEMCOG, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, Ypsilanti train depot 33 Comments
Ypsitanti’s Freighthouse attracts negative national attention
OK, remember how, a few months ago, I told you that we were going to receive $500,000 through the federal stimulus program to restore our historic Freighthouse? Well, today it became news on Capital Hill, as Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) named the project among the 100 worst examples of waste in the American Recovery and […]