It must be a month of slow news Sundays when we see all this chatter in the papers about whether GM will move its headquarters. Mayor Fouts makes some noise and tries to poach a business from Detroit. GM [[with much bigger fish to fry) has no definite comment. And all we get is reiterations of the same story.

If Fouts wants to open that door, why doesn't Detroit make a play for all of GM's people, including the ones in the Tech Center? Detroit has access to tax credits that Warren can only dream of; it has tons of land to give away [[let's start with City Airport...); the presidential administration likes the D; it owns the waterfront; and let's face it: the Tech Center is nice, but it's in one of the ugliest, most dated areas of inner suburbia. If the best and the brightest are reluctant to come to Michigan or Detroit, imagine what they will think when they see the Campbell-Ewald building.

No reason for Detroit to be on the defensive here; fifty years should be ample proof that being reactive simply does not work. You can fault the medieval crusades for a lot of things, but you can't fault one aspect: when your enemies are at your gates, the best defense might be hitting them all the way back where they sleep.