Flint
Biden Was Right: Fewer Cops Mean More Rapes
Of Note
Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has created an Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives to focus on city and regional economic development activities. The office is a partnership with the state funded by the Council of Michigan Foundations, a consortium including the Kresge Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and the Mott Foundation. Program office will be located in Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids. READ MORE >>
A Successful School, Under the Budget Knife
Tested
Great Lakes are Dead, Long Live the Great Lakes
The portion of the blogosphere inclined to noodle over Brookings State of Metro America report, included some who now ask, “whither the Rust Belt?” and “whither the Brookings Great Lakes Economic Initiative?”. READ MORE >>
If it Can Happen in Flint…
Don’t look now but the poster child for urban disinvestment and the decline of manufacturing has at least one small bright spot. READ MORE >>
Auto Destruct
Conflation Rate
A mainstream liberal consensus on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 has emerged quickly. It goes something like this: Moore's a nutty conspiracy theorist, and parts of the movie--in which he suggests, among other things, that we invaded Afghanistan not because of 9/11 but because we wanted to build a natural gas pipeline--showcase Moore at his least responsible. READ MORE >>
