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Another View: Smart switches, fewer outages
Nowadays, DTE and other utilities are installing smarter ways to deal with outages. If we can expect more frequent and more severe storms, we hope they hurry.
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Another View: Planetary prediction
Many astronomers expect the first Earth-like planet outside the solar system will be discovered this year.
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Another View: Future is what we make it
As the calendar passes from 2012 to 2013, we should remind ourselves that the American Dream is still within reach, but as a country we cannot ignore global economic or political forces.
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Another View: 'Balance' tilts against women's rights
In signing one bill that imposes new restrictions on abortion providers while vetoing a second that would have eliminated insurance coverage for many abortions, Gov. Rick Snyder insisted last week he was trying to strike a balance between women's rights and his own opposition to most abortions.
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Another View: Give thanks for First Amendment
Each year we look back at events in our community and see a commonality with years past — a vigorous and sincere dialogue on issues.
Continued ... - Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Veto puts gun extremists in their place — for now
What reasonable Michigander is not relieved that Gov. Rick Snyder has refused to sign the concealed weapons bill Republican legislators ramrodded to passage in the wee hours of last week's lame-duck session?
Continued ... - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
- Do-not-knock rule will help, if residents help
- Tuesday, December 25, 2012
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
The classic letter to the editor reprinted for the holiday.
Continued ... - Saturday, December 22, 2012
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Another View: Who will pay to keep harbors open?
Most of us think of the shape of the lakes, rivers and beaches around us as permanent fixtures, but of course they're not. Even within the span of a human lifetime, rising and falling water levels, erosion and siltation can change the geography ...
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Another View: Newtown and mental health treatment
We have yet to learn exactly what mental disorder may have triggered Adam Lanza's terrible act of violence when he shot 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn.
Continued ... - Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Another View: Politicizing job creation doesn't help
Michigan officially has joined the ranks of the right-to-work states — and never has the mitten appeared more frayed.
Continued ... - Saturday, December 15, 2012
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Another View: Anticipating the future
On a more serious level are models of things to come that perhaps paint a gloomy picture of a world low on resources and struggling with the consequences of global warming.
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Another View: Recalls are tougher
After years of complaints, the State Legislature is finally getting around to considering changes to the state law that governs recall elections.
Continued ... - Thursday, December 13, 2012
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Stephen Dick: Family arrested for being poor
A couple of weeks ago, David and Rebecca Detjen were on their way to California from Pennsylvania. They were going to the Golden State to find employment. They got as far as Indiana and wound up in jail.
Continued ... - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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Another View: K-12 needs reform, but not this
Proposed changes in Michigan's K-12 education system have sparked controversy, and we think for good reason.
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Another View: Stem cell support needed
Four years ago, Michigan made an important step forward for science.
Continued ... - Thursday, December 6, 2012
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Another View: Time to come together
We believed Mitt Romney was the best person to lead our country and help solve its problems over the next four years. We said so in our editorial endorsement.
Continued ... - Saturday, December 1, 2012
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Another View: Doesn't ensure right-to-work
Political conservatives in Michigan would be well advised to not take full credit for voters rejecting Proposal 2 in (last) month's statewide election.
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Another View: Challenges stem from leadership
Officially, China's Communist Party congress is about setting the stage for the country's future.
Continued ... - Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Another View: Commerce shouldn't spoil holidays
There was plenty of hand-wringing last week over the decision by several big retailers to start the "Black Friday" retail rush on Thursday — Thanksgiving Day itself.
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Another View: Research requires many steps
I have an elderly aunt who was diagnosed with breast cancer many years ago. She was treated and remained cancer-free for years. But I also had a next-door neighbor who got the same diagnosis. She was treated, but succumbed to the disease not too long after.
Continued ... - Saturday, November 24, 2012
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Another View: Let NRC decide wolf issue
Designating wolves as game species and passing the issue to the NRC does not necessarily establish a hunt. We also do not believe that if the commission does decide to allow wolves to be hunted, it will do so recklessly.
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Another View: Balance needed in oversight
So far, 32 people have died of fungal meningitis after they were injected with tainted steroids made at a compounding pharmacy here in Massachusetts.
Continued ... - Thursday, November 22, 2012
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Another View: Consumers dictated the early shopping start time
Thanksgiving is still one of the few American holidays that commercialism has not managed to exploit to a great extent. If only it could stay that way. But as long as Americans want a good deal, retailers will find a way to entice them from the table and out to their stores.
Continued ... - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Another View: Step toward greater justice
The Michigan House of Representatives kicked off its lame-duck session this month on positive note — a bipartisan vote in favor of HB5804, which would bring consistency and somewhat greater quality to the state's shoddy patchwork of approaches to handling indigent criminal defense.
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Another View: Smart switches, fewer outages
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