Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and UAW President Shawn Fain are both union leaders. Unfortunately for America’s unionized automotive workers, that’s about all the two men have in common.
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and UAW President Shawn Fain are both union leaders. Unfortunately for America’s unionized automotive workers, that’s about all the two men have in common.
September 17, 2024 — Antisemitism, Politics
Despite being a leader in DEI spending and initiatives, University of Michigan’s campus and neighboring Ann Arbor is possibly more polarized than ever.
In addition to the mugging of a Jewish student after he confirmed his faith, the school’s Black Student Union has quit a popular anti-Zionist group, alleging “pervasive racism.”
Some additional perspective on a recent CNN story that was the legacy media’s equivalent of when pigs fly.
September 14, 2024 — Politics, Technology
Michigan Representative Debbie Dingell’s efforts to curb drunk driving in America and save tens of thousands of lives is worthy of a shout out and support, as is her commitment to make good on a promise she made to constituents in a community where an entire family was wiped out because of an impaired driver.
H.L. Mencken famously said that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Unfortunately for the corporate media, Mencken was mistaken.
Some thoughts about the presidential debate sure to displease Trump haters, Kamala Harris supporters, and those who still believe that corporate media outlets are still credible sources of information.
September 8, 2024 — Business, Stores, Technology
Reading up on Costco today, I imagined how wonderful it might be to outsource the entire U.S. government to the company.
A much-feared gay rights group’s unfounded and unwarranted smear of Ford Motor Co. cannot go unchallenged. While Ford isn’t the first company to stand up to the bullying tactics of the Human Rights Campaign, here’s why HRC’s leader was unhinged by the automaker’s brave decision not to continuing working with her organization.
September 3, 2024 — Politics
It’s fortunate for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Ford, and GM that Donald Trump is a blowhard who prefers to hurl insults, rather than understand and focus on substantive issues. For all Trump’s railings about the Deep State, he seems blissfully unaware of the tributary that extends from the Beltway swamp to Michigan.
September 2, 2024 — Business, People, Technology
My tribute to famed Michigan money manager Paul Cook, who during the dot.com era became a media celebrity for being among the first to appreciate the disruptive potential of the internet and for a time generated triple digit returns. I’m proud of my footnote role in Cook’s success.