Tag: Michigan
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Recipe for dysfunction: the Flint water crisis
My wife and I have been watching the Flint Water crisis for the last year or so. It has been in the news for a long time, just on back pages of papers or in obscure news articles when it was mentioned at all. Now, of course, it is suddenly a national story. We were…
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How the Midwest was won
Bay City, Michigan is known today primarily as the birthplace of the singer and artist Madonna. For me this fading industrial city between Michigan’s thumb and forefinger has a more important meaning. In 1920, it was the city where my mother was born. For my mother, Bay City was not just a place; it was…
Occam's Razor 