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The new, young, and hopefully-more-effective face of American gun reform

Quite a bit has happened over the past few days, since we first learned of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead. While it doesn’t look as though the 19 year old killer had connections to a white nationalist hate group, as was first reported, it […]

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Patricia Griffin on the business challenges and entrepreneurial opportunities of Africa

About a dozen years ago now, I had an opportunity to work on a project with a young, precocious engineering undergrad at the University of Michigan by the name of Patricia Griffin. Our lives have taken us in different directions over the course of past decade, but we’ve always done a pretty good job of […]

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Daniel Burnham on civic duty

I had a completely depressing meeting this evening on the subject of Ypsilanti’s financial situation. Sadly, that’s all that I can tell you about it at the moment. I did, however, want to share this quote, which Linette greeted me with upon my return home. It couldn’t have come at a more opportune time… I […]

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