The Chicago Tribune, once self-billed as the World’s Greatest Newspaper, has become the National Inquirer. A few years ago the Tribune created a big stir when the EPA and the Indiana EPA issued BP a permit for a $3 billion project to refine more Canadian crude oil at the Whiting, Indiana, plant. Politicians jumped on the Tribune Read the full article…
This post was originally written on October 31, 2012. This is an update that I’m typing as I’m holding on the telephone while waiting for United Airlines to figure out why a reservation has been confirmed, but not ticketed. They have my money through PayPal, but they just can’t figure out how to issue the ticket. It’s all supposed to Read the full article…
In 1974, Coleman Young was elected mayor of Detroit. He was the first African-American mayor of Detroit. Young had flirtations with the Communist Party but disavowed any real membership. When Young took over as mayor of Detroit the unemployment was 9%. When he left office in 1993 it had grown to 11%. When Young died the worst Read the full article…
