I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
When I see the absurd GOP defenses of Sarah Palin, I’m reminded of the words of Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska.
In 1970 President Nixon tried to foist G. Harrold Carswell onto the Supreme Court. Critics noted that he had been a mediocre judge and was not at all qualified for this high office.
Responding to the criticism, Sen. Hruska, a far-right Republican, put it this way:
“Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance?”
Apparently not. The Senate in 1970 had the good sense to deny Carswell a seat on the High Court. (The seat went instead to the far more qualified Harry Blackmun, who went on to write the opinion in Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion.)
Let’s hope the voters see mediocrity for what it is in 2008.
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