“MOYERS: What’s the moral assignment now? DAVIS: Well, I don’t know. And I suspect a lot of us don’t know, but it’s up to us to recognize that there is one and that we need access to it, and we need to align all our small objectives, in line with the moral assignment of the […]
Larry Kestenbaum, author of the blog Polygon, the Dancing Bear has announced he’ll be running for the Washtenaw County Clerk/Register of Deeds next November, if he wins the Democratic primary for that position on August 3rd.
… “Often those who cloak themselves in a cape of religiosity happen to be some who are the biggest cutters,” Granholm said. “Now, some of that can balance out. But when you get to cutting the services for the least of these — in the 25th chapter of Matthew in the 37th verse the Lord […]
Vanessa Kerry, John Kerry’s daughter, is coming to campus this week: “Hi! This is Vanessa Kerry, John Kerry’s youngest daughter. My stepbrother Chris and I are coming to you at University of Michigan this Thursday night at the Union. Want to know how to afford your education? Want to know how we can help the […]
“Out is the traditional enclosed mall; in is the so-called lifestyle center with free-standing stores clustered around an open-air plaza, a new study shows. The rising cost of land in Metro Detroit and changing shoppers’ preferences are reshaping the next generation of stores as they follow people to the outlying suburbs, according to a report […]
Who’s behind the recent proposal to restrict speech at city council meetings? Yes, that’s right, 2nd Ward Republican Mike Reid, the lead opponent to approving accessory apartments in the city. However, the proposal seems to have broad support on the city council, and I suspect it is simply a move to censor Blaine Coleman, who […]
Nathan Newman and Matthew Yglesias, two national bloggers, have both recently posted on the connection between allowing for urban density and controlling the cost of housing. I think Yglesias comes close to a usable approach to understanding gentrification: “… As a neighborhood becomes a “hotter,” more desirable place to live, the logical market response is […]