Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southeast Michigan's economy may be hurting badly, but residents still are cobbling together donations to send kids to summer camps through Summer Dreams. So far this year, about 2,500 metro Detroiters have donated money to send 20,000 children to 100 camps supported by Summer Dreams.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
First-year camper Mary Lewis-Wiafe's typical summer doesn't compare with making ceramic drums and 4-foot-tall rain sticks at Pewabic Pottery.
Uptown Girls RSS Feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chattanooga Times Free Press Spreading a little TLC: Stacy London bringing her fashion ... Chattanooga Times Free Press When you're a celebrity , you're always under a microscope; in particular women. Not only are they looked to as icons on what's the most trendy style, ... and more »
The Essence of Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Being a Detroit politician means never having to say you're sorry. Or at least never having to mean it. The recent rash of wrongdoing in city government has brought curious reactions from the wrongdoers. For the most part, they act like they would rather picnic on Zug Island with L. Brooks Patterson than sincerely acknowledge betrayal of the public trust. Even when someone -- say, Kwame Kilpatrick...
Russell Means Freedom (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
In this month’s issue of the Rock Creek Free Press, serious doubts about the official 9/11 story, Obama as the soft face of empire and the endless spin cycle of the non-withdrawl from Iraq & Afghanistan. Obama Mission: ….In his ‘reaching out’ in Cairo, as in his ‘anti-nuclear’ speech in Berlin, as in the ‘hope’ he [...]
Raționalitate (Free subscription) | yesterday
I can't recommend this article enough for those looking for all the arguments against the Waxman-Markey climate change bill. Bottom line: the law may very well do nothing to reduce carbon emissions, and even make the problem worse, all while adding tons of cruft and handouts to an already-byzantine system of energy/agriculture regulation. There are literally 50 reasons on that list why Waxman-Markey...
Corrente (Free subscription) | yesterday
But our newest one refuses to believe: This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty. As our Nation has grown in size and stature, however—as...
1853 Chairman (Free subscription) | yesterday
July 5, 2009 Restructuring chief poised to kill Old GM BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST As a smaller, sleeker General Motors Corp. awaits a judge’s green light to exit bankruptcy, Al Koch, GM’s chief restructuring officer, says it will take two or three years and about $1.25 billion for the so-called Old GM to settle claims and [...]
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Winnigpeg Free Press reports, "New Canada Post stamps featuring Bryan Adams and Stompin' Tom Connors are music to the ears of a Winnipeg design company. Circle Design International designed the stamps released this week, which also feature French-Canadian rock pioneer Robert Charlebois and Acadian singer Edith Butler." According to the article by Kevin Rollason, "The stamps follow...
goGlider.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Telegraph.co.ukOur view: Declaration of Independence contains words worth readingDuluth News TribuneWith the Declaration of Independence — adopted by the Continental Congress on this date in 1776 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall — Jefferson and his ...The small falsehoods and great truth of the Fourth of JulyLos Angeles TimesMaking HistoryWall Street JournalIndependence 1776. Independence...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the 2009 Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces survey. This will be the second year the Free Press and its research partner, Workplace Dynamics, have prepared a special report on the area's best places to work, as judged by employees. Taking part is free, and every participating organization will receive feedback on its workplace.
Religion Clause (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Kaufman v. Islamic Society of Arlington , (TX Ct. App., June 25, 2009), a Texas state appellate court dismissed a defamation action brought by a group of Islamic organizations brought against the author of an article published on an Internet website. The article criticized "Muslim Family Day" scheduled for Six Flags Over Texas amusement park. The article alleged that the primary sponsor,...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 4 (UPI) -- An Iranian convicted of drug offenses and molesting two teenage girls will be allowed to remain in Canada because he could be executed in Iran, officials said. The Immigration and Refugee Board ruled Thursday that Farid Noedost would not be deported, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. Michael McPhelan, a member of the board, made the decision despite fears Noedost...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 4 (UPI) -- An Iranian convicted of drug offenses and molesting two teenage girls will be allowed to remain in Canada because he could be executed in Iran, officials said. The Immigration and Refugee Board ruled Thursday that Farid Noedost would not be deported, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. Michael McPhelan, a member of the board, made the decision despite fears Noedost...
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Independence Day, let's take a moment to celebrate what makes America great: like a network of drug dealers in the Bronx moving their heroin around the tri-state area inside Build-A-Bears. And the free press who keep referring to...
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