Articles tagged: politics
Washington Post correspondent Scott Wilson to discuss covering the presidency
Posted: Feb 20, 2013White House correspondent Scott Wilson will talk about what it's like "Chiseling Small Cracks in a Cement Wall: Covering the White House in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and the Permanent Campaign" during a lecture ... Read more »
Legacy of Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's 'boy governor,' explored in new biography
Posted: Jan 16, 2013Chances are the name Stevens T. Mason isn’t familiar to many Michiganians these days. However, a new biography, “The Boy Governor: Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics,” by Ann Arborite Don Faber, ... Read more »
COLUMN: Fairness: What does it mean to you?
Posted: Oct 15, 2012Editor'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 fairness. A reporter from TIME magazine contacted me last week ... Read more »
COLUMN: Forecast 2012: 'The political matchup of the century'?
Posted: Jun 25, 2012Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is revisiting his predictions for the top five values issues of 2012. ... Read more »
COLUMN: The main business of government is the people
Posted: Jun 23, 2012It was President Calvin Coolidge in the early 1920s who asserted that “the business of America is business.” If they had television in those days he would have been the target of all the late-night TV comedians, but we now discover that he was not necessarily foolish or glib - just prescient. Read more »
EDITORIAL: It's time to extend legislative term limits in Michigan
Posted: Jun 17, 2012A report circulated in Lansing earlier this year suggested what many observers of state government already knew: term limits have been no blessing in Michigan. The report, compiled by the Michigan Society of Association Executives, ... Read more »
Detroit News/MLive Media Group: Failed recall effort in Wisconsin a victory for Snyder in Michigan
Posted: Jun 06, 2012Leaders of a recall campaign against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder are taking a hard look at their effort here after Wisconsin’s Republican governor survived a recall election on Tuesday, the Detroit News reported. Read more »
COLUMN: Faith & Politics: Seek to understand, or to be understood?
Posted: May 18, 2012Editor'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 Christianity and politics in America. Greg Garrett’s Faithful Citizenship is ... Read more »
COLUMN: Faith & Politics: Do we rise and fall together?
Posted: May 16, 2012Editor'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 Christianity and politics in America. What’s the story of America? ... Read more »
COLUMN: Faith & Politics: More than one Christian way to vote?
Posted: May 14, 2012Proclamations and invocations of faith are constant companions on the campaign trail, as we've heard throughout this political season. Politicians routinely appeal to scripture to support their policies, and sometimes to attack their opponents. Read more »
EDITORIAL: Michigan lawmakers have no business meddling in stem cell research
Posted: May 13, 2012Michigan business leaders who are worried about the way the state has dis-invested in education offered a telling statistic this past week. Between 2002 and 2011, state funding for universities, when adjusted for inflation, fell ... Read more »
OPINION: Independent candidates needed to help clean up the partisan mess in Lansing
Posted: May 12, 2012Your time to run for office is now. Please answer this open call to public service. Democrats and Republicans have made a real mess in Lansing. In 2010, over 57 percent of eligible voters in ... Read more »
OPINION: Let's honor mothers by abandoning the war on women being waged in Lansing and Washington
Posted: May 12, 2012This Mother’s Day, people throughout the world will pause to say “thank you” to the women in their life. As we approach this day of recognition for our mothers, grandmothers, wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and ... Read more »
UPDATED: Turnout about average, as Ypsilanti voters decide fate of two tax proposals
Posted: May 08, 2012Just over 1,100 Ypsilanti voters had cast their ballots by 2:30 p.m. today in a special election to decide two tax issues, including the implementation of a city income tax. Read more »
OPINION: Tax reform efforts in Lansing could hurt Michigan's wind energy industry
Posted: May 08, 2012As Michigan lawmakers grapple with how to create jobs and a positive business climate, new tax reforms shouldn’t stall the economic progress we’ve already made. A perfect example of this is the proposed personal property ... Read more »
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