Not content to kick Detroit while it was down, disgraced former Detorit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now kicking the rest of us Michiganders in the teeth. To wit: Taxpayers to foot bill for Kilpatrick’s defenseDetroit — Clad in an inmate’s uniform and leg irons, a noticeably thinner Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded poverty Tuesday when charged in federal court with 19 counts […]

How low does a candidate have to sink to get to the point where he crows about endorsements from people who not only do not live in the district he or she is running in but doesn’t even live in the same state? About this low, apparently. Joel Manby, a native of Battle Creek, Michigan, today announced his endorsement of […]

Here’s something that should give even the most ardent climate change denier pause: Lake Superior is currently 20°F warmer than normal for this time of year. In the spring, the sun warms the water fairly uniformly as deep and shallow water mix. Once it reaches about 39 degrees, however, the behavior of the water changes and warmer water starts to […]

Oh, ha, ha, ha. Michigan opponents of the federal health care overhaul said Tuesday they will keep fighting the plan, even though their grass-roots bid to allow voters to weigh in on the issue has failed. The campaign to ask Michigan voters if they wanted the option to not participate in the health care reform passed by Congress in March […]

[E]ach time we make a choice that puts self ahead of others, each time we withhold a word of compassion for a troubled friend, we shift the balance, albeit slightly, toward a chaotic society. By contrast, each time we smile at someone on the street, each time we extend a caring hand to a fellow traveler in distress, we move […]

Oh, lordy, lordy. This is some very good news. From the President’s Weekly Address. [T]oday, I’m announcing that the Department of Energy is awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to two solar companies. The first is Abengoa Solar, a company that has agreed to build one of the largest solar plants in the world right here in the United […]

It’s clear to me that the single biggest item on the Progressive agenda right now should be campaign finance reform. I’ve written about this before but it bears repeating: every single battle that you can name that we’re fighting would be world’s easier without the influence of humongous amounts of money from corporations and wealthy donors. Now a (no surprise) […]

Several recent polls say that the top issue for Americans right now is unemployment. So what do Republicans do? Filibuster and block a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for upwards of 1.2 million Americans. Also this week, they blocked passage of a bill that would help homeless female veterans and veterans with children. No, seriously. I can not for […]

Bush apologists tell us all they want that we “need to quit blaming Bush for everything”. But there’s a reason we blame him for the USA being in two wars, in what Paul Krugman this week called The Third Depression and that our unemployment levels are so high: George W. Bush and his administration put us here. More to the […]

Went and ordered one of these thingies: Unfortunately iPhone 4.0s are on back-order for three weeks. In the meantime, I’ll just have to enjoy the new OS upgrade on my 3G iPhone. Folders! Wee! I’m just sayin’…

I love that the Democratic Party has gotten its act together so well with regard to new media. This week, within a few minutes of each other, two emails hit my inbox. One was announcing a new iPhone app for the Democratic Party and the other was a new website called “Raise Your Vote“. RaiseYourVote.com is a new site focused […]