Michigan Ain’t the Worse
Came back from this year’s Detroit Regional Chamber’s terrific Mackinac Policy Conference with one big take away: next year’s conference should be about what is
Ficano on Transit
Great editorial from Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano for One D on transit. Ficano makes the case that rail transit is a key ingredient metro
Detroit’s Liabilities
In a previous post I wrote how we are so obsessed with what is wrong with Detroit that we forget it has assets to build
Ann Arbor II
Lot of reaction to my post on Ann Arbor’s anti-density development policies. One theme is Ann Arbor can’t be Madison mainly because they are the
College Success Advisers
Readers know that I am concerned about the low graduation rates that characterized almost all of our universities and colleges. The recent Brookings report on
Why Ann Arbor Won’t Be an Economic Engine
The recent Kalamazoo Gazette editorial on our new report included a reference to former Governor Engler, when he was out of office, expressing regret that
