A Failing Grade
Columns Chad Selweski A Failing Grade February 10, 2017 Thirty-four years ago, a sweeping assessment of K-12 schools released by President Reagan’s National Commission on Excellence in Education shook...
View ArticleTax Rearrangement
Columns Chad Selweski Tax Rearrangement February 24, 2017 Republicans in the Legislature engaging in internecine warfare over slashing the state income tax may be stunned to learn the ideas expressed...
View ArticleThe Almighty Dollar
Columns Chad Selweski The Almighty Dollar May 5, 2017 President Donald Trump and Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow recently reached a bipartisan accord in a big way on a political issue. They didn’t...
View ArticleMirror Images: Upton and Stupak
Columns Chad Selweski Mirror Images: Upton and Stupak May 19, 2017 What is it about Michigan congressmen and health care reform – why are they the center of attention and the target for detractors...
View ArticleDetroit’s Twilight Zone
Columns Chad Selweski Detroit’s Twilight Zone July 14, 2017 Take a long walk, or a street car ride, along the vaunted section of Woodward Avenue known as Detroit’s downtown/Midtown renaissance area and...
View ArticleThe Great American Myth
Columns Chad Selweski The Great American Myth August 11, 2017 When I was a kid growing up in the Detroit area, the idea that immigrants should be required to speak “good English” would have amounted to...
View ArticleEducators Put a Happy Face on Dreadful Test Scores
Columns Chad Selweski Educators Put a Happy Face on Dreadful Test Scores September 1, 2017 The results are out for the main test administered to Michigan’s K-12 students and what they show, above all...
View ArticleMichigan’s Bad Report Card
Columns Chad Selweski Michigan’s Bad Report Card September 29, 2017 In 2015, I researched and wrote the widely publicized report that concluded Michigan was the worst state in the nation based on...
View ArticleAnti-Tax Group on a Winning Streak
Columns Chad Selweski Anti-Tax Group on a Winning Streak November 17, 2017 Tax proposals presented by municipal and school officials typically enjoy a built-in advantage as government employees, their...
View ArticlePolitical Intrigue
Columns Chad Selweski Political Intrigue December 15, 2017 Several years of anticipation and speculation about when longtime Rep. Sandy Levin would call it quits were always accompanied by a long list...
View ArticleCongressional Chaos
Columns Chad Selweski Congressional Chaos January 19, 2017 Heading into the New Year, some Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill want us to believe that 2018 will be a year of...
View ArticleCanada Trashing Michigan
Columns Chad Selweski Canada Trashing Michigan February 23, 2018 A dozen years after Democrats claimed victory in blocking the caravans of Canadian trash trucks coming to Michigan, the politics behind...
View ArticleRebel Candidate
Columns Chad Selweski Rebel Candidate March 9, 2018 On the campaign trail in suburban Detroit, Andy Levin avoids a sales pitch to voters based on his perhaps perfect pedigree for a 9th Congressional...
View ArticleWill Replacing Macomb Clerk Spranger Create Another Circus?
Columns Chad Selweski Will Replacing Macomb Clerk Spranger Create Another Circus? March 30, 2018 So, wacky Macomb County Clerk Karen Spranger was removed from office by the courts, ending 15 months of...
View ArticleDemocrat Disunity: Racial Divisions Disrupting Harmony
Columns Chad Selweski Democrat Disunity: Racial Divisions Disrupting Harmony April 27, 2018 The Michigan Democratic Party endorsement convention earlier this month was not the meltdown that some...
View ArticleWill “Normals” or “Politicos” Win this November?
Columns Chad Selweski Will “Normals” or “Politicos” Win this November? May 11, 2018 Do ‘Normal’ voters pay attention to politics only at Election Time? For many years, I have experienced a familiar...
View ArticleMirror Images: Upton and Stupak
Columns Chad Selweski Mirror Images: Upton and Stupak May 19, 2017 What is it about Michigan congressmen and health care reform – why are they the center of attention and the target for detractors...
View ArticleDetroit’s Twilight Zone
Columns Chad Selweski Detroit’s Twilight Zone July 14, 2017 Take a long walk, or a street car ride, along the vaunted section of Woodward Avenue known as Detroit’s downtown/Midtown renaissance area and...
View ArticleThe Great American Myth
Columns Chad Selweski The Great American Myth August 11, 2017 When I was a kid growing up in the Detroit area, the idea that immigrants should be required to speak “good English” would have amounted to...
View ArticleFirst Time is a Charm
This is the story of a first-time congressional candidate hiring a first-time production team to create a low-budget campaign ad. A cynic might roll his eyes and say, “What could go wrong?” Well,...
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