The Milwaukee GOP debate was a travesty. Not that the moderators asked the wrong questions (though, seriously, UFOs?) or that the candidates gave the wrong answers – rather, the entire format is guaranteed to elicit the kind of behavior that least conduces to good leadership.There should be ...
Allegheny County voters will elect a new chief executive in November. But whomever is chosen, researchers at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy say the executive should advocate for benchmarking the county’s performance against those nationwide.“Establishing and maintaining a ...
Southeast Michigan seemed like the perfect “climate haven.”“My family has owned my home since the ‘60s. … Even when my dad was a kid and lived there, no floods, no floods, no floods, no floods. Until [2021],” one southeast Michigan resident told us. That June, a storm dumped more ...
I forced myself to watch the Republican presidential debate. If nothing else, it was entertaining.What most stood out to me was the extent to which the incivility, insults, and one participant talking over another would have been amplified and become a complete freak show if Donald Trump had ...
What about Hunter Biden? Well, what about him?If the president’s son is found to have cheated on his taxes, the most serious accusation so far, then punish him. This is an interesting story but not a very important story until it’s determined that his father, President Joe Biden, helped him ...
Something important was missing from my life. The absence felt like a lack of green salads or regular exercise.When I was introduced to a new book by Paula Marantz Cohen, professor of English at Drexel University, the deprivation became clear. Her thoughtful study, “Talking Cure: An Essay on ...
