An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child's success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or, even more fundamentally, is intelligence genetic, or can education increase IQ? James J. ...
As I am organizing and decluttering with people, I find myself moving items from “throw away” to “donate." If something can be used by someone else, why not donate it instead of throwing it in a landfill? I also think it makes people happy to think someone else will use things they no ...
Michigan has always been a working-class state, and much of our story can be told in terms of labor, business, and economics. Today, Michigan is at a crossroads. The auto industry is not what it was, unions are weaker, the top 10% is wealthier, inequality among class, race and gender persists, ...
The autopen has been around in one form or another since Thomas Jefferson was president. According to shapell.org, "In 2005, George W. Bush was the first president to enquire with the Department of Justice if it was constitutional for the president to sign a bill using the autopen." He was told ...
My sister and her guy just returned from Portugal after their second big travel venture of the year. I asked, naturally, "How was it?" She said, "Awful." They were crammed in Porto alongside a zillion other tourists. A crush of bodies and long lines under a brutal sun. The experience left ...
The Michigan state capitol has a rich history of playing host to a long list of protest demonstrations, including one recently featuring about 4,000 road builders demanding a new road fix package. More on that after this. Here are some of the history-making events on the front lawn. After ...