DALLAS, Texas (AFP) Former US president George W. Bush urged his younger brother Jeb to aim for the White House in a 2016 campaign that could enshrine his family as America’s ultimate political dynasty. “He’d be a marvelous candidate if he chooses to do so,” Bush said, when asked about Jeb’s presidential prospects in… Read More »
20 Questions Liberals Can’t Answer (via Conservative Read) by: John Hawkins “It is not enough for the insecure left to deem a position wrong; if it’s merely wrong, it needs to be argued about, and it can’t survive that. It must instead be morally abhorrent, so that the zealot reacts to the toxin of questioning much like a jogger coming ... Read More »
GracieLove/StonesDetroit.com Young Detroiters! I must know what is on your mind! In this article, a professor makes a rather interesting statement. In the excerpt below he states that, ” The majority of them (his students) are on federal financial aid. They are fine with more taxes as long as they will be taken care of “. “Throughout this election I discussed with students ... Read More »
This is so poignant. The Daily Line…”Let me be clear. When I talk of survival, I do mean our physical survival. But I also include the survival of principles. After all, physical survival is desirable but it is meaningless without honor.Without striving for and contending for our principles then there can be no ... Read More »
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that the House will pass his bill that would raise taxes on millionaires but extend tax cuts for everyone else, and said it’s then up to President Obama to either accept that plan or be responsible for a tax increase on everyone. “The president will have a decision ... Read More »
December 13, 2012 Source: Investopedia Obama’s first term as president has been marked by rising gas prices, high unemployment and little economic growth. Yet he was able to win reelection, in part, because a large percentage of Americans did not believe that the country’s current economic plight was the result of his doing. They instead blamed former President ... Read More »
By: Dave Rupe | www.stonesdetroit.com The Very Visible Invisible War On The U.S. Economy – Part 4 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In part 3 of this series I concluded with taking a look at the predictions of MMT. After a little help via email from Stephanie Kelton, Associate Professor of Economics at The University of Missouri - Kansas City, I’ve ... Read More »
By Colleen McCain Nelson As soon as time expired on the vice presidential debate, the rush was on to answer the question: Who won? No doubt, many Democrats said, Joe Biden had the better showing. Republicans were equally certain, saying that Paul Ryan prevailed. Both campaigns blasted emails in bunches, quoting an assortment of surrogates and character witnesses who affirmed that their party’s candidate ... Read More »
BY HENRY PAYNE Joe Biden has come to Detroit twice this campaign – both times to pay homage to the public school establishment. By contrast, when Paul Ryan came to town Monday night, he swung by the private, non-union Cornerstone Schools – an innovator in school choice for inner city Detroit children. The mainstream media likes to paint the Romney-Ryan ticket as out-of-touch ... Read More »
Editorial by Teddy Haarz, Editor and Contributing Writer StonesDetroit.com, September 7, 2012 ~ 10:04 EDT The Primary Season of the 2012 Presidential Election has come to an end, and the two major political parties in the United States have officially nominated their candidates for the office of President of the United States of America (POTUS). The man that holds this ... Read More »
Written by Kathleen Gray Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Protecting collective bargaining rights was the primary message of the Labor Day festivities in Detroit Monday, both in the annual parade which attracted tens of thousands of union members and during a speech by Vice President Joe Biden. “They don’t believe in your very right to bargain,” Biden told the crowd of ... Read More »
Editorial written by Teddy Haarz ~ StonesDetroit.com ~ Editor and Contributing Writer August 28, 2012 10:45 EDT Now that the Republican National Convention has kicked off, a big question is, what are the Convention’s organizers afraid of more, Hurricane Isaac, or Ron Paul. For decades, these conventions have been a symbol, and event geared toward Party Unity. The Convention is ... Read More »
By Paul Egan Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau LANSING — A proposed constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature for any new tax increases does not meet legal requirements to get a place on the Nov. 6 ballot, a group said Wednesday. Defend Michigan Democracy filed an objection with the Board of State Canvassers to the petition circulated ... Read More »
Story by Jimmy Haddad What’s this world coming to? This is a question that goes through my mind from time to time. Now coming from a person’s perspective that hardly has time to watch all the news that’s going on in the world I live in and even abroad, in countries 1000’s of miles away. I still catch ... Read More »
MASON — Detroit’s top lawyer expanded a list of debts allegedly owed by the State of Michigan to include bills for storm-water disposal and lighting, along with $1,255 in unpaid parking tickets, in a lawsuit she filed in Ingham County seeking to nullify the financial stability agreement reached two months ago by state and city elected officials. Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon’s complaint, filed in ... Read More »
MACKINAC ISLAND — Despite a likely legal challenge of its consent agreement with the state, the City of Detroit appears ready to move ahead with a new, smaller budget and a financial advisory board to stave off bankruptcy or the appointment of an emergency manager. Speaking Thursday on the final day of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Policy Conference, Mayor Dave Bing ... Read More »
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