West Michigan Economy and Politics

Why Downtowns Matter   When the Downtown Transformation Plan was launched in downtown Battle Creek, in 2008, People groaned aloud,...

Subject: Should the U.S. pull out of Chicago? Chicago: 446 school...

The Wars within the Union Movement With the exception of the re-election of President Obama, very little has gone well for the unions in...

Another Holiday without Kinder Eggs What can Mexican, Canadian, Kenyan, and most other children of the world have that U.S. children ...

San Francisco, the Nude Ordinance, and the Limits of Expression A friend recently remarked that she was headed to California and “back ...

A Big Bronx Cheer for the National Hockey League When billionaire owners and millionaire players get to fighting with each other, the r...

Wind Harvest in Gratiot County Driving north on 127 out of Lansing, the terrain is fairly flat.  Then, all of a sudden, they appear:  wi...