Michigan Governor Snyder and Nestle Announce Partnership to Keep Flint Pipes...
Part 2 in a Series. Read Part 1 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, struggling to regain public trust after admitting ultimate responsibility for the Flint water poisoning crisis, announced today an...
View ArticleFlint and the Myth of American Exceptionalism
“I remember when they built cars in Flint and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico” – Flint resident The reality is setting in that Flint’s lead water poisoning scandal runs deeper than a few...
View ArticleChad Rochkind: A Jail at Michigan Central Station is Detroit’s Dumbest Idea
This article by Chad Rochkind originally appeared on the Detroit News blog, before it was removed without explanation on Wednesday, August 17, 2016. It appears re-printed here with permission from the...
View ArticleChill Out, America. This Too Shall Pass.
Photo: A somewhat thoughtful take on the 2016 United States Presidential Election Friends, The third and final presidential debate came to an end like a screeching kamikaze plane exploding on the...
View Articleprayer // fasting \\ vision
Today I fast. A simple, ancient act. As it is written in Joel 1:14, “Solemnize a fast, Proclaim an assembly; Gather the elders—all the inhabitants of the land— In the House of the Divine, Cry out to...
View ArticleThis Week, Millions of People Made America Great Again
Photo: Jews in Detroit protest against Fritz Kuhn, Nazi sympathizer dubbed the “American fuehrer”, circa 1930 What a week it has been! It began last Saturday, January 21st, 2017 with the Women’s March...
View ArticleBetsy DeVos is the new Cathie Black
Now that Betsy DeVos has successfully bought herself a seat in the Trump cabinet – and protesters are already making her job impossible – it’s time to start drawing some parallels between the...
View ArticleBlack and White Keys
I sat down hesitantly at the piano bench on the church stage. Gerald the ‘Music Minister’ had been playing a soulful gospel interlude – the kind you hear behind heartfelt words of pastoral praise on...
View ArticleI’m Back…
Friends, I hope you’ll forgive my absence in your inbox lately. The last few months have been tremendously transformative for me: I married the love of my life! I can’t express in mere pixels the deep...
View ArticleThe Future of Video Content: Who Will Pay?
A post announcing a legal threat against a client of mine, and an offer to stream the video for free on Facebook. The film was ultimately debuted on Facebook, reaching over 3 million viewers. Google...
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