Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Replay: Nolan Finley
Detroit News editorial page editor Nolan Finley touched on a range of issues in an hour-long online chat. Read the transcript.
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Nolan Finley's Blog
Nolan Finley: I don't usually favor the death penalty for a number of reasons, mostly because of the possibility … Continued
Raging Bullard
George Bullard: Sarah Palin must be laughing all the way to the bank.
She's on the cover of Newsweek in a photo … Continued
Henry Payne's Sketchbook
Henry Payne: Perhaps of Carl Shelby had been born back in the 19th century. . . . Horses are remarkably elegant … Continued
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50 ideas to fix Michigan
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Editorial Quick Hits: Probe tax break for union
State legislators should ask questions about a $2 million refundable tax credit the Michigan Economic Development Corporation has given a corporate subsidiary of the Service Employees International Union, the bargaining representative for 12,000 state employees. - 11/21/2009
Editorial Quick Hits: Theirs
John Nichols, The Nation:GM's "recovery" is a paper improvement, not a real one. The company's improved position was purchased with an infusion of $50 billion in taxpayer dollars. Even now, as (CEO Fritz) Henderson and other GM officials talk of repaying some of the federal money they took, the New York Times notes the inconvenient truth that: "The money it is returning to the government is simply part of the loan that the company does not need." - 11/21/2009
Paul W. Smith
Dwell on the positive in a thankful review
Outta my mind on a Saturday moanin' heading into Thanksgiving week: - 11/21/2009
Commentary
Should Washington dictate breast exams?
As Democrats make their final push to seize control of health care, the government's recommendation to reduce breast cancer screening for women in their 40s personalizes Washington's new health care policy in a way few other subjects can. - 11/21/2009
Terror trial tests ideas about justice
Attorney General Eric Holder 's decision to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other accused terrorists to justice in a New York federal court is bringing no small number of pundits to a boil. - 11/21/2009
Michael Barone
Obama bows, but the world doesn't bow back
On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia in April and to the emperor of Japan last week, the world refuses to bow back. - 11/21/2009
Reader debate
Reform term limits in Michigan?
The situation in Lansing is certainly different than it was before term limits. But where is the evidence that it is any worse? Is the widespread ineptitude of today really worse than the corruption of the machine politics we endured before term limits? Do we really want to go back? - 11/21/2009
Editorial: Stimulus aid isn't creating jobs
The Obama administration and Congress are coming under increasing fire over blunders, duplicate counts and exaggerations in the reporting of jobs created or saved by its $787-billion economic stimulus program. Newspapers in several states have discovered overstated job totals, modest real employment gains from the program and cases in which the spending protected or created no jobs at all. - 11/20/2009
Editorial: Expand nursing schools
Michigan faces an estimated shortage of 18,000 nurses in the next five years. Bachelor's degree nursing programs at four-year colleges and universities cannot accommodate all the students who want to attend. The state should allow community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees in nursing. - 11/20/2009
Frank Beckmann
Top legal leader needs to restore trust in justice
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the trial of 9/11 terrorist suspects in civil court is a way to show the world the superiority of the American justice system. - 11/20/2009
David Brooks
U.S. should recapture its faith in the future
The rise of China is producing a crisis in America's faith about the future. - 11/20/2009
50 ideas to fix Michigan
End the educational paper chase
The Detroit News is highlighting ideas from various groups to promote discussion on reform, restructuring government and the economy. - 11/20/2009
Rebuttal: MEA wants federal aid, reforms that work
It's disappointing to read The News' claims that the Michigan Education Association is standing in the way of Michigan receiving "Race to the Top" funds from the federal government ("School sabotage: Michigan Education Association works to keep reforms, federal money at bay while school districts struggle," Nov. 8). Nothing could be further from the truth. - 11/20/2009
Commentary
Pragmatic Palin reinvents herself
Sarah Palin has a talent for reinvention. Since her first campaign in 1992, she's gone through a wardrobe full of political personas. Study her career and you count no less than five identities: Sarah the culture warrior, Sarah the watchdog, Sarah the reformer, Sarah the veep and now, Sarah the celebrity. - 11/20/2009
Commentary
Palin savors a fine whine
The temperature was close to zero Monday as I left the house to buy Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." The book was almost impossible to find in Anchorage before its official release Tuesday. The salesman who finally sold me one asked me to promise I wouldn't reveal his identity if he sold me a pre-publication copy. - 11/20/2009
