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Welcome to the weblog of the Detroit Free Press editorial page. Here you will have an opportunity to peek into the thinking of the editorial board as it forms its stances on various issues relating to metro Detroit, Michigan and the nation. We'll be looking for your feedback, too, on what you think we should say or what you think about our arguments.
We seek a lively, animated but civil dialogue, so as best you can, please keep personal attacks to a minimum and the language reasonable. Let's have a healthy debate on the issues that matter to Michigan and Michiganders. Please, join in.
Where's the blog?
Oct 31, 2006
Folks: Thanks so much for the spirited debates over the past six months or so that we have been blogging. We want to continue that conversation, however we're doing it in a new forum and format that you can find... Read more > >
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What about the course?
Oct 25, 2006
President Bush is now stressing how flexible the military’s tactics in Iraq are and avoiding the phrase “stay the course” -- which Democrats have been using pretty successfully against Republicans in this election campaign as shorthand for saying the current... Read more > >
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Lousy liberals?
Oct 23, 2006
In the dictionary, the meanings of liberal include broad-minded or not bound by authoritarianism or traditional forms. In that sense, America's founders were surely liberals. Yet political marketing has managed to give liberal a quite different meaning in the context... Read more > >
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President Obama?
Oct 23, 2006
After only two years in the U.S. Senate, Barak Obama, D-Ill., acknowledged over the weekend that he's considering the 2008 presidential bid he'd ruled out only months ago. Is it too soon for this rising star? Or is it time... Read more > >
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Sudan says Get Out
Oct 23, 2006
The government of Sudan, which continues to allow the rampaging janjaweed militias to clear out and destroy villages, expelled the top UN envoy this weekend for openly criticizing the government and rebel groups on his Web site. How should the... Read more > >
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How much does this fall's election matter?
Oct 22, 2006
The Associated Press and Pew Research Center recently asked 1,804 Ameican adults how much they agreed with the following sentence: It matters more than ususal who gets elected this year. The answers: Completely agree: 45% Mostly agree: 31% Completely disagree:... Read more > >
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What motivates you on Election Day?
Oct 21, 2006
Folks: Nov. 7 is fast approaching. Some people think turnout will be high this time around. Some people think voter apathy is at a new height. What's going to get you to the polls? Is it a candidate? A particular... Read more > >
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Ex-sports guy makes news
Oct 19, 2006
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has been doing more and more special comments at the end of his broadcasts. Last night's, on the Military Commissions Act, was particularly biting, pointed and extremely well written, blasting not only President George W. Bush for... Read more > >
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Proposal 1: Protect state conservation and recreation funds
Oct 17, 2006
Michigan voters face five ballot issues on the Nov. 7 ballot. We've posted separate items on each proposal for discussion, starting here with Proposal 1. Where the Free Press has weighed in, we've alerted you to our stance. We've also... Read more > >
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Proposal 2: Ban affirmative action
Oct 17, 2006
This is often called the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, but the title on the ballot will say “A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution to Ban Affirmative Action….” It would stop use of affirmative action in university admissions for consideration... Read more > >
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