Author: Chad Selweski

In the interest of fairness, I point to a report by the Mackinac Center that shows the ugly side of public employee unions. I consider collective bargaining a long-established right, but I’ve also conceded that sometimes unions...

My news story today about county Executive Mark Hackel’s choice to run the Department of Senior Services, Rhonda Powell, has apparently stirred up a hornet’s nest. If you missed the story: Some leaders of the black...

They may claim that their focus is on jobs and the economy but most of the freshman lawmakers don’t have a clue what it’s like to be down and out in 21st Century America. The non-partisan Center for Responsive...

Political columnist David Broder, one of the best in the business, has died. Here’s an excerpt of the report about his death in The Washington Post: “David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The...

There’s some sleazy politics going on in Oakland County, where the Republicans are apparently willing to try just about anything to maintain their hold on the Board of Commissioners. For the first time in the county’s history,...