Lessenberry Ink https://lessenberryink.com/ The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains. -Paul Simon Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:47:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 Lessenberry Ink no episodic Lessenberry Ink adams.carly93@gmail.com podcast Lessenberry Ink https://lessenberryink.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Untitled_design.png https://lessenberryink.com 147124597 The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains. -Paul Simon NOTE TO ALL READERS: https://lessenberryink.com/2025/01/14/note-to-all-readers/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:47:25 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4857 We have very much appreciated all those who have been reading my columns and other work on Lessenberryink.com in recent years. While this site will continue to exist, my new columns and other writing will now appear on substack, the same platform that brings you Heather Cox Richardson and other important voices. I would be…

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]]> 4857 Lansing Democrats: A Disgrace to the State https://lessenberryink.com/2024/12/26/lansing-democrats-a-disgrace-to-the-state/ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4845        LANSING, MI – In a lifetime of covering Michigan politics, I have never seen anything like the mess in Lansing last week.           Michigan Democrats, especially those in the state house of representatives, did everything they could to convince voters that they were not only right to turn control over to Republicans in November,…

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]]> 4845 Why the Biden Pardon Is Different From the Nixon One https://lessenberryink.com/2024/12/19/why-the-biden-pardon-is-different-from-the-nixon-one/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4842 DETROIT – Hard to believe now, but for a long time presidential pardons were mostly noncontroversial.  That changed on a fall afternoon half a century ago, when Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon a month after he became the only president to resign. When I heard the news I felt betrayed, as did most Americans.  President…

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]]> 4842 Mike Duggan’s Amazing Political Odyssey https://lessenberryink.com/2024/12/12/mike-duggans-amazing-political-odyssey/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4839        DETROIT – Eleven years ago, I thought for a few days that Mike Duggan had lost his political mind. A white guy from suburban Livonia, he had moved to Detroit a year before to run for mayor.           Detroit’s population was four-fifths Black, and there hadn’t been a white mayor in 40 years. Though…

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]]> 4839 The Election Is Over – So Let the Campaign Begin! https://lessenberryink.com/2024/12/05/the-election-is-over-so-let-the-campaign-begin/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4832 DETROIT – Once upon a time, stores weren’t packed with Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving, or at least Halloween, and politicians didn’t start campaigning for the next election until at least a year after the last one was over.           Well, those days are long gone.  The presidential election was only a month ago today,…

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]]> 4832 Supportive Mom; Transgender Son. What Will Happen to Them Now? https://lessenberryink.com/2024/11/28/supportive-mom-transgender-son-what-will-happen-to-them-now/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4829 OKEMOS, MI –The Nowlin family will be sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner at their suburban Lansing home today, like millions of other families across the nation. There’s mother Carrie, a former teacher and corporate social media manager; Michael, the dad, a proposal writer for a tech company, and their teenage sons, Miles, a student at…

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]]> 4829 Should Restaurant Workers Get a Higher Minimum Wage? https://lessenberryink.com/2024/11/21/should-restaurant-workers-get-a-higher-minimum-wage/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4825        LANSING – The biggest change Michigan’s economy faces next year won’t be a result of this month’s election.           Instead, the restaurant industry is about to be rocked by a little-noticed Michigan Supreme Court decision last July 31. That had three major components. The first two were that 1) starting next year,  minimum wage…

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]]> 4825 The Election: What Happened and Why https://lessenberryink.com/2024/11/15/the-election-what-happened-and-why/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4821 (Editor’s Note:  I presented this lecture twice this week, and a number of people have been interested in reading it; I’d be very pleased if you would too.) The Election is Over: So, What Happened? And What Happens Now? ) The most important national election in decades is over. So what’s likely to happen –and…

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]]> 4821 Detroit: Nice Place to Visit. But Would You Want to Live https://lessenberryink.com/2024/11/14/detroit-nice-place-to-visit-but-would-you-want-to-live/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4823        DETROIT – There’s no doubt that Detroit’s image has vastly improved since the days when it was known as the murder capital of the country. Suburbanites used to brag that they hadn’t gone into the city in decades, and the top official of Oakland County suggested it be fenced off “like an Indian reservation.”…

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]]> 4823 The Election: What Happened In Michigan https://lessenberryink.com/2024/11/07/the-election-what-happened-in-michigan/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:57:21 +0000 https://lessenberryink.com/?p=4808 Donald Trump plowed through the Democratic ‘blue wall,’ and Michigan was no exception – but the devastation was less than elsewhere

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