The quest for unionization might become a lot more complicated for the group of University of Michigan Graduate Student Research Assistants that has been battling college administrators and state officials for the right to form a union. The Michigan Senate Wednesday passed SB 971, a bill that defines GSRAs as ...
Dear Kerry, My 8-year-old son's teacher says he has ADHD and wants me to get the doctor to give him Ritalin. I am worried that he is getting into trouble at school and may fall behind. It feels terrible that he has something wrong with him. But I'm not sure ...
Click here for my new Holiday Cookbook. (www.dinnerFeed.com)! I'm a real-time food writer and photographer posting daily feeds on my website and in the Food & Drink section of Annarbor.com. You may also e-mail me at peggy@dinnerfeed.com. This is the companion piece to Vicki’s Famous Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle. And, if ...
The new dinnerFeed Holiday Cookbook answers all of your cooking needs. Strapped for time? Check out the well-tested Super-Simple section. Lest you need reminding, Christmas is three shopping days away. And though gifts from the kitchen are thoughtful presents, and appreciated treats for co-workers and Santa, the last thing you've the ...
When my BFF Wendy and I were in Pittsburgh recently, we met some wonderful people. It's a good-sized city, but it definitely has a small-town friendliness. We were welcomed everywhere we went, even at Mike Feinberg's bustling souvenir shop pre-Steelers game. If you think we take football seriously here in ...
We've all done it — we've all raided our kids' candy stashes after they've gone trick-or-treating for Halloween. We'd hang our heads in shame, but we're actually performing a mitzvah ("good deed") by saving our precious children's teeth from extra sugar and premature rotting. Be proud of your efforts! You've ...
Peggy Lampman's Thursday dinnerFeed I don’t like candy. There. I’ve said it. Halloween blasphemy, I know. But to my palate, candy’s not much more than cloying sweetness in every tooth-decaying bite. But before you cross my house off your kid’s trick-or-treat list, I’ve learned my lesson. I know that if ...
Around Halloween, I start to seriously freak out about my kids' health. Most parents seem to be perfectly comfortable with giving their kids sugar, fat and other related junk foods during the holidays. I get stressed. In fact, I go to houses where there are bowls of candy just sitting ...
We all do it, right? We buy candy to hand out to the cute little trick-or-treaters, but by the time Halloween night rolls around we've eaten a substantial amount of it ourselves. Kristine Hansen at Slashfood suggests that maybe it's time to stop feeling guilty about it. And if you're ...