Vice President Cheney’s address the other day must be a mixed blessing to the local GOP folks. On one hand, there was the old fashioned religion, delivered straight. “You’re going to eat your carrots, and you’re going to like it!” In a time of uncertainty about their own future, not to mention that of the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
That old gang of mine
Posted in Elections, tagged Cheney, Governor's race, Hoekstra, Mike Cox on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Shape of Things to Come
Posted in Elections, Politics, tagged Redistricting, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Hoekstra, Vern Ehlers, Newaygo on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As sure as robin in spring, the hiring of Census workers can only mean one thing: time to again contemplate carving up the political landscape. And really, nothing is quite so delicious. Especially in Michigan with likely loss of at least one congressional seat. A whole new set of winners and losers is ready to [...]
The way things were
Posted in Communty, Republican Folly, tagged common good, culture war, Hoekstra, Republican Party on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
David Brooks’ essay this morning at The New York Times brings to mind a lost world of a generation ago. For him the Republican party has lost its way, has failed to learn the right lessons from the Western movie myth: it wasn’t the lone ranger that saves the day, but the community. Here is [...]
What are they thinking?
Posted in Education, Elections, tagged Arnie Smithalexander, Brian Craig, Claudia Bajema, Grand Rapids Public Schools, GREA, Senita Lenear on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Grand Rapids Education Association is in danger of letting itself being defined by what it is against. If the recent ad is any indication, they’re doing a good job of self-destructive behavior.
We may think of their problem in perhaps three or four acts, a drama that ultimately leaves GREA weaker, not stronger
With five people [...]
