This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing immigration. Immigrants are more likely than native-born Americans to start new businesses. Can they save the American economy? They can, according to a new book on the ...
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At the March 19 public forum in Ann Arbor on the emergency manager law there were four speakers: the gentlemen who manages emergency managers, an advocate to repeal the E.M. law, an E.M. from Benton Harbor, and the mayor of Flint. All of the discussions were civil and cordial. The ...
Musings on the news of the past week: If you’re weary of the prolonged economic slump that we’ve been suffering through, news came out this past week that could leave you absolutely giddy. According to an economic forecast commissioned by AnnArbor.com, our local economy is headed for a period of ...
Worrying about the fate of downtown has a long tradition in Ann Arbor. In 1938, the introduction of parking meters had some predicting doom for downtown. In 1970, the doubling of parking rates -- from 10 cents an hour to 20 cents -- caused similar consternation. These days, we’re hearing ...
The United States is an exceptional country. Tom WatkinsFrom our freedoms and liberties to our creativity, innovation, and free market entrepreneurial spirit, the U.S. has soared domestically and internationally for a good part of our comparatively short existence as a nation. Yet, simply because we have been the most free ...
We’re being asked to trust the government and gamble another 447 billion taxpayer dollars we’ll don’t have. The rationale is that jobs will be created, and as an example, Stimulus One is used as having created or saved 2 million jobs. The jobs claim has had me wondering. I’ve been ...
Wikimedia CommonsEditor's note: This post is part of a series from Our Values about core American Values. Dr. Wayne Baker is away this week and welcomes business consultant Kathy Macdonald, whose Macdonald Group helps companies cope with with our rapidly changing culture. In our tough economic times, how can Starbucks ...
We keep hearing about all the new businesses that are going to come and relocate here in Michigan now that we have cut our state business tax. I find it hard to believe that any business or individual would re-locate in Michigan at the present time. We have fewer and ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing the value of higher education, and whether or not college is really worth the cost. The financial value of a college education is clear. College ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing the value of higher education, and whether or not college is really worth the cost. Sunday I attended my nephew’s graduation from a four-year institution ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week, Dr. Baker is discussing results from a new poll by the Pew Research Center, and what they mean about America and where we’re headed. Is it unfair to end ...
Tom WatkinsFord Motor Company has a special place in my heart. I paid my way through college by working summers at Ford bending, welding, assembling and painting metal at Ford. In the late ’70s during my stint in the Ford Rouge complex, foreign car companies were trouncing domestic brands. In ...
How can this newspaper casually put articles about the Volt and college sports on the web page when this state is about to be overtaken by Gov. Snyder and his Republican henchmen?! Where’s the coverage? Oh, I forgot … you endorsed Snyder. So, you probably agree with his policy changes. ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing the controversial anti-union frenzy spreading across the country. It’s a done deal, now, for Wisconsin’s public employees. Yesterday, the Wisconsin Assembly approved the measure to ...
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