On March 13, AnnArbor.com reported that a black doll with a chain around its neck had been discovered hanging in a tree on or near the Burns Park Elementary School yard by a small group of 5th-graders. The news article provoked some concerned comments on the website, but many more ...
The author Tom Watkins (sitting second from right, on the couch) with his brothers and sisters. All of us have mothers. Some may resemble Harriet, from the 1960s TV sitcom, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” In more modern times, likely we can relate more to Sharon, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife. ...
Ann Arbor is five years overdue to bring the posted speed limits on our main roads into compliance with state law and accepted engineering practices. The city should set the posted speed limits that maximize safety and the smoothest traffic flow. The Michigan Legislature passed Public Law 85 of 2006, ...
Three years ago, I told 5,000 people at Hash Bash, “If you get raided, call me,” which is proof I need a handler or something. Someone to follow me around and say, “No, Charmie, don’t say that.” They call me all right. Hundreds of people, but mostly mothers who are ...
In the April 29 paper, you ran an article by Tom Perkins, headlined "Republican enters 55th District race." Its subject was Republican Owen Diaz, former Milan mayor, who has thrown his hat into the ring and hopes to be elected as a state representative for that district. Problem is, the ...
AAUW-Ann Arbor Branch Members visit withstate Rep. Jeff Irwin in Lansing during Equal Pay Day. On April 17, eight members of the Ann Arbor Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), traveled to Lansing to attend the annual Michigan Equal Pay Rally in the Capitol rotunda and to ...
The right of choice runs deep in America. And that includes women's right to choose. No, I am not weighing in on the age-old debate over "right to life" vs. "choice." I am adding my two cents worth on the ill-publicized comments from Democratic National strategist, Hilary Rosen, about Mitt ...
Proponents of higher taxes in Ypsilanti often point to cities like Grand Rapids or Ionia as successful communities with a city income tax, as if that tax were a part of their success. It is not, and here are the reasons.
One of the intellectual benefits of aging is the ability to draw on experiences that had gone well or badly during our periods of growth, then to interpret our conclusions as universal truths. Such contrived insights are not a natural by-product of memories recorded and reexamined, but can effectively serve as a valuable guide for the future. And if judgments gained from those unsealed memories pass as wisdom, that may not be too far off the mark.
Detroit to State: "Trust us, we'll fix the problem." Watching the last-minute maneuvering to try to avoid fiscal accountability, which has eluded city leaders going back decades, would be humorous if not such a damaging farce. What city leaders have offered up to "fix" Detroit is classic too little, too ...
Someone wrapped a chain around the neck of a black doll, tossed it into a tree and left it hanging, to be discovered by elementary-school-aged children, and I am told I should not be concerned. The episode took place at a public school with a “small black student population” and ...
For the first time in more than a decade, Michigan is poised to capitalize on its rich cultural resources, once cast aside as non-essential, and now recognized as a vital ingredient, key to hastening Michigan’s economic comeback and leadership edge. On Feb. 9, Gov. Snyder included $6.15 million in his ...
I genuinely like and respect both Detroit Mayor Dave Bing andMichigan Gov. Rick Snyder. It is down right painful to watch two good, decent men, who profess to want what is best for our city and state, to be tangled up in "us vs. them" issues that have the potential, if it has not already, to spill over into a racial divide with no easy way out.
The recent ruckus over mandating coverage for contraception in private health insurance plans contrasts two worldviews, only one of which -- the Republicans' -- accords with bedrock tenets of American political philosophy. As loony as contra-contraception may be, the defense of people's freedom to be loony is as American as it gets.
Stephen Ranzini’s opinion article last Sunday (“Fire protection in Ann Arbor hits a new low with ladder trucks in and out of service”) did a good job of scaring unwary citizens but was short on facts. The City Council’s work session Monday night gave Fire Chief Chuck Hubbard the chance ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
Get the Ann Arbor RSS Feed
AnnArbor.com