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The Death of the American Automaker: The Big 3 Minus 2
Today’s news of GM’s filing for bankruptcy surprised no one, least of all the hundreds of thousands of people employed by GM and its subsidiaries. This news has been simmering for awhile and in the past few weeks the question quickly tu...
Chrysler the Sacrificial Lamb
Here in Michigan people are awaiting a fate much worse than Swine Flu or any other pandemic. Today was the day of destiny–will Chrysler pull out a last minute recovery as many of our sports teams have over the years, or will they fade into ba...
A Very Political Woman’s Ten Biggest Political Stories of 2008
10. Sheriff Spitzer Caught Red Handed Who could forget the look on this guy’s face as he admitted to sleeping with a very expensive sex worker? The so-called “Sheriff of Wall Street,” couldn’t hide it any longer and the sc...
The Face of Detroit’s Print Media is Changing
The Detroit Media Partnership, which controls both the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, has announced that print media in Detroit will never be the same. There will only be three days of home delivery–Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. ...
Where Is The Bailout, Bush?
For a state that’s teetering on the edge of disaster, waiting on news like this is enough to send people into panic mode. People aren’t rioting in the streets or raiding local grocery stores (yet), but there’s a palpable tension i...
You Know Detroit is Fired Up When the Gibraltar Trade Center Kicks You Out
U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning is a former Detroit Tiger. He pitched nine seasons under the old English D. He is a member of the baseball Hall of Fame. But he’s also a Republican Senator from Kentucky who voted against the auto bridge loans. Sen. Bu...
Congress Changes Tune on Automaker Aid…Again
Politics is a fickle fickle thing and politicians are ever-changing. A couple of weeks ago the Big 3 couldn’t get so much as change for a bus fare when they went to Congress, heads in hands, asking for a loan. (Mind you, the financial indus...
