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Responding belatedly because I was inside the purported epicenter of evil, listening to speakers who included:

* The presidents of UM, MSU and Wayne
* Obama's secretary of commerce
* Microsoft...

Regrettable to see the usually admirable Curt Guyette & Crew dust off tired tropes from the '60s today in "coverage" [http://metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=14083] of a protest outside The National...

Hey, sounds as though MT needs Crumbled_pavement and MDoyle to consult about their RAID drives and mysql support.

Am I the only one who loves when these guys go all geekspeak techy / jargony on us?

Go on now, someone . . . ask 'em about DTV signal strength or mobile authenticator applications or open-source...

The Detroit media outlet that consistently focuses most substantively on border crossing issues in general and MM in particular [[yes, earlier and more frequently than Crain's) continues its coverage...

Beth Carter, a young Church Resource Ministries apprentice working in Caracas, blogs that "I've thought lately about what it means to be from Detroit . . . [amid] harsh reminders that the 'glory...

Cool your jets. First round is on me if this ever moves from plan to print.

Re-read this red flag :
Pipe dream, though I do wish it weren't.

Good quote-flagging, iheartthed. Chi economist Diane Swonk, daughter of a 35-year GM vet, does say it quite well indeed.

And apt reminder of the importance of individual career-path decisions in...

Good point, Kraig.

Doh on me for not seeing the obvious political framing. They really can't restrain themselves, can they?

Without challenging Bob Daddow's accuracy, I question the prudence of telling an international business wire:
Dogs know enough not to crap in their own house, but Oakland County's deputy executive...

Me, I'm just relieved this thread isn't about Matty Moroun.

Couldn't tell from the title line . . .

And though the other MM makes some sense in some sentences, it's tough to get past his...

The aptly named Harshbarger pirouettes precariously on that qualifier at the end of his . . . oh, let's just say wishful thinking.

Kind of like a politician saying "I don't expect to run for...

The Detroit News plans to cut about 10 jobs

By The Associated Press

The Detroit Media Partnership and The Detroit News are planning layoffs.

Rich Harshbarger, vice president of...

How evocative! One moment with many details.

* I want that wall clock and those light fixtures.

* I don't want those desk chairs.

* That wire wastebasket, on the other hand . . .

* I've...

Hey, both of ya' - - time out.

This has nothing to do with The Real Issues . . . and is starting to make Monica look mature.

Just in from the Freep:


http://www.freep.com/article/20090514/BUSINESS06/90514072/Ambassador+Bridge+owner+sues+over+rival+span

Stamper says:

My favorite part . . . a delayed reward for patient readers:



. . . A handy conversion reference for those Northeasterners who don't know much about what's 'tween the Hudson and Santa Monica...

Fresh update from an anonymous forumer, via Joel Thurtell post May 9 headlined More of Matty's hijinks?

http://joelontheroad.com/?p=2318

The latest from Curt Guyette at Metro Times blog, which mentions this forum:

http://www.metrotimes.com/blog/newsblawg.asp?perm=719

Returning to the design, rather than the height, I link to Michael Hodges' 80th birthday appreciation [[the building's, not his) in The News today:...

Bad weekend, DetroitCity? Or just reflexively lifting your leg to drip on whatever you sniff out?

Regret you feel Mike Hodges lacks your encyclopedic familiarity with Detroit landmarks or your...

DetNews architecture blogger Michael Hodges is justly proud of 10 images he posted after wangling rooftop access on a sunny day. As he tells Facebook friends::
It's true. I almost felt dizzy -- and...

We interrupt this policy discussion for a juicier observation from a Pancakes and Politics attendee this morning:

"Monica Conyers was on her best behavior. . . . Interestingly, four people --...

Try to be nice now, y'all . . .

An April '08 profile of legendary photographer Robert Frank [[The Americans, classic 1958 book) by Charlie for Vanity Fair is one of seven newly announced nominees...

The text of an editors' memo to staffers was posted yesterday [[4/20) by newsroom alumnus Joel Thurtell [http://joelontheroad.com/?p=2210].

It announces a new hire for "Free Press news segments on...