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How would you caption this photo of former President Bill Clinton speaking as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands by at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting Tuesday in New York? E-mail your best ideas to captionthis@ freepress.com by 2 p.m. Thursday. We'll publish the best captions online and in print Sunday.
Confusion best describes the situation Michigan voters face in the November general election. Not so much over the candidates or issues on the ballot, but by the confusing question of declaring U.S. citizenship, now caught up in the ethical and legal questions raised by both elections officials and critics who have recently filed a federal lawsuit opposing the action.
This is for Vanessa. She e-mailed me a few days ago after spotting a bumper sticker that read: 2012 Don't Re-Nig.
Two days ago, Status Creative’s “Pure Michigan Singalong” was taken off of YouTube due to a copyright technicality stemming from use of the song “Good Time.” And while negotiations are still ongoing to get the video back up, Michiganders might be interested to know that the video is indeed still viewable, and what’s more, in one of the most unlikely of places: China.
For the past three elections, our office has used a check box on ballot request forms that reminds voters they must be a U.S. citizen to vote. Why? Michigan could have thousands of noncitizens on its voter rolls, with at least an estimated 4,000 according to new data.
Everyone can agree that only citizens and eligible voters should be participating in our elections. That's why, under penalty of perjury, every voter has to confirm his or her citizenship when registering to vote.
This photo of Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz and San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh shaking hands after last Sunday’s game drew 84 replies. And please come back Wednesday for another opportunity to “Caption This.”
The goal in education reform for the last decade has been to bring accountability to the classroom, primarily through standardized test scores.
They are, perhaps, the most dangerous words ever written: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Parched and burnt cornfields, hayfields as yellow as the sun, and chalky, dry soil are images we've seen from the record-setting drought of 2012.
How do we create positive change out of a devastating loss? Today, a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on hate crimes and domestic hate groups. The event stems from the tragic massacre last month at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc.
Since our founding, America has promoted personal responsibility, the dignity of work and the value of education. Those values made our nation the hope of the earth and our economy the envy of the world. Efforts that promote hard work and personal responsibility over government dependency make America strong. When the economy is growing and Americans are working, everyone involved has a shared sense of achievement, not to mention the basic sense of pride that comes with the paycheck they earn.
How would you caption this photo of Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz and San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh shaking hands after Sunday’s game, which the 49ers won 27-19? E-mail your best ideas to captionthis@freepress.com by 2 p.m. Thursday. We’ll publish the best captions online and in print Sunday.
I was not aware of a film insulting to Islam until American embassies were attacked in Libya and Egypt. Thus, Muslim extremists managed, through the expedient of riot and rampage, to bring attention to the very thing they loathe, a thing which, but for their help, would have been little noticed. The irony of that likely goes over their heads like a jet plane.
It may be that Detroit can go no farther toward its long-awaited renaissance until we find a way for residents, visitors and investors to feel safer and actually to be safer. When this happens it will be because residents, law enforcement, business and city government have developed new ways of working together toward these common goals, writes Irvin Reid, former president of Wayne State University.
Northville Public Schools boasts some of the highest-achieving schools in the state. Northville's Amerman Elementary School scored in the 98th percentile of the Michigan Department of Education's top-to-bottom ranking of schools, and most of the district's schools scored better than at least 90% of schools statewide.
This photo of President Barack Obama being picked up by the owner of the Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant in Ft.. Pierce, Fla., drew 159 responses. Our favorites follow, and please come back Wednesday for another opportunity to “Caption This.”
The entire state of Michigan saw eight child drownings this summer, ranking it fourth in the nation for pool and spa drowning fatalities. This summer’s numbers are sobering and sad, because they show early indications that the annual number of child drownings is not declining fast enough. That’s why we’re urging parents and kids alike to remember that even though the summer is over, they can’t forget about practicing pool safety every day.
As CEO of the state's leading professional organization for women, I have listened with special interest to each political party's efforts to address "women's issues" to win votes this past year.
We are gathered here today to discuss two recent controversies about same-sex marriage. One comes from the world of pigskin, the other from the world of chicken fat.
Invasive species are the greatest threat to the ecology and economy of the Great Lakes. Most of the invasives that already infest the lakes -- including the notorious zebra mussels -- got here in the ballast water of ocean-going ships.
Researchers cannot yet measure the damage these invaders do to the ecosystem, because the changes affecting 20% of the world's freshwater are happening so quickly.
I sense a change in the spirit of America these last few years. The country that was once proudly known as the "land of the free and the home of the brave" seems to have somehow become the "land of the handout and home of the bailout."
No matter what happens to the State Savings Bank Building in downtown Detroit, even the suggestion of turning the building into a parking garage signals that we are likely to see this type of dispute again and again. Thankfully, Triple Properties, which owns the building, has publicly said they will not replace the structure with a parking garage, as they indicated last month to a huge public outcry....
How would you caption this photo of the owner of the Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Fla., picking up President Barack Obama when his Florida bus tour stopped there Sunday? E-mail your best ideas to captionthis@freepress.com by 2 p.m. Thursday. We'll publish the best captions online and in print Sunday.
It can sometimes take a tragedy to reveal a truth. Who does not remember where they were on Sept. 11 when they heard that the towers had come down? But terrible times also can provide insight that might otherwise never come.
What do you do after hope and change have failed?
I left Tampa feeling optimistic about America's future. We heard from inspirational speakers like Condoleezza Rice. We were told warm stories from families touched by Mitt Romney's kind heart. We saw Ann Romney's incredible expression of love and admiration for her husband -- and she accomplished the task of introducing America to the man he is, not the man the Democrats are demonizing....
The Democrats leave Charlotte on a big high note. It was the best convention of the seven I've attended. There were far too many memorable moments. But a few include the speeches of Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Michelle Obama and Sen. John Kerry.
This photo of first lady Michelle Obama and actor Kal Penn (who played the stoner character Kumar in the movie “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle”) filming a campaign video at the Democratic National Convention drew 91 replies. Our favorites follow. And please come back Wednesday for another opportunity to “Caption This.”
To reach the Convention Center, you must first walk the gantlet of dead baby parts. It's one of the newer and more gruesome tactics in the fight over reproductive choice, protesters hoisting large color placards depicting aborted fetuses torn in chunks as a group of men preaches an unending sermon on the evils of abortion. As rhetorical tactics go, it is a bludgeon.
After visiting 50 cities in seven days, the first thing people ask me is how the trip was. Without thinking, I often reply that it was a "good time." Quickly I realize the irony of defining a trip by the very song we spent hours listening to, practicing with every community and ultimately using to create a statewide sing-along.
When Macomb County Treasurer Ted Wahby opened the initial bid at an auction of foreclosed properties last month, a partnership of two buyers purchased each and every one of more than 600 tax-foreclosed properties in Macomb County -- the first time in county history that all properties up for auction were grabbed in a single bid.
Sometimes Jill Alper and John Truscott agree. Not this week. Political strategists Alper, on the left, and Truscott, on the right, offer their opinions on the Democratic National Convention.
How would you caption this photo of first lady Michelle Obama and actor Kal Penn of "Harold and Kumar" movie fame filming a campaign video at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.? E-mail your best ideas to captionthis@freepress.com by 2 p.m. Thursday. We'll publish the best captions online and in print Sunday.
Political strategists Jill Alper and John Truscott offer their takes, from the left and the right, respectively, on night one of the Democratic National Convention.
Lord help us, they're talking race again. "They" meaning Republicans and Democrats. Race is a critical, sensitive and sometimes painful issue with relevance to everything from environmental policy to education reform to criminal justice to media to health care. For a politician to address it requires political courage.
This photo of Ann Romney, wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, doing a sound check and pointing in the direction of part of the TelePrompTer at the Republican National Convention, drew 151 caption suggestions. Our favorites follow. And please come back Wednesday for another opportunity to “Caption This.”
The unemployment rate has been slowly declining in the Detroit metro area, falling from 16.9% in July 2009 to about 9% last month. However, the unemployment rate does not tell us much about the people who have lost jobs and the hardships they face.
While many of us are looking forward to a day off, Labor Day is a good reminder that more than 400,000 Michigan residents are looking for work, even as the state's economy recovers. Today, we present viewpoints by and about people behind the unemployment statistics, including personal stories of three local people who are struggling to refit themselves for a rapidly changing labor market.
Once upon a time, a man walked on the moon. He climbed down the ladder onto lunar soil, the first human being ever to do so. "That's one for small step for (a) man," he famously said, "one giant leap for mankind." It was one of history's greatest feats, and we had done it, we Americans.
Solutions to big problems don't fit on a bumper sticker. Michigan's working people need comprehensive and proven policies that will build shared prosperity for everyone in America who works hard and plays by the rules.
Whose budget plan best advances the interests of everyone: rich, poor and in between? If you said Paul Ryan and his plan, you would be right -- "right" as in "correct," not as in "right-wing extremist" who wants to push grandma over the cliff.
It's amazing how different the same speeches can sound when you're on different sides of the aisle. Political strategists John Truscott (on the right) and Jill Alper (on the left) offer their takes on the Republican National Convention.
Gov. Rick Snyder ran for office on the gutsy proclamation of being "one tough nerd." I do not know Snyder personally, but it makes me wonder: Was he outcast as a nerd during his youth? Was he bullied by his peers?
How would you caption this photo of Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, on stage Tuesday at the Republican National Convention during sound check? E-mail your best ideas to captionthis@freepress.com by 2p.m. Thursday. We’ll publish the best captions online and in print Sunday.
Rep. Todd Akin's fame -- more accurately, his infamy -- now reaches all the way to the Congo.
With the state Legislature considering policy that would deregulate the electricity market, anyone who relies on dependable performance from its Michigan-based utilities should consider this troubling statement from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, a group of municipalities that purchase power in bulk:
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