Entries Tagged as 'Detroit Prospect'

An Honest Proposal to Fix What Ails Us

December 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment

My simple plan would create new harmony and efficiency in American government.

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‘We the People’

October 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Is the individual more important than the community or is it the other way around?

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‘Let Them Eat Cake!’

September 1st, 2011 · 4 Comments

Tea Party’s war for independence could end up looking more like the French Revolution.

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Time to Revisit 9th Grade Civics

June 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments

When will we stop forcing schools to pass around the begging bowl for necessities?

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A Crisis of Values

May 5th, 2011 · 3 Comments

There’s a basic question we should ask ourselves before debating tax and budget cuts.

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A Morally Bankrupt Budget Proposal

March 3rd, 2011 · 12 Comments

Giving more money to business while taking money away from the poor is morally indefensible.

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Reinventing the Rust Belt Narrative

December 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Reinventing the story we tell about Michigan is the starting point for changing the reality.

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America’s Nervous Breakdown

October 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment

America’s voters have a right to be angry. The question is, what do we do with that anger?

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Hiding the Real Problems in Education

September 2nd, 2010 · 7 Comments

Hiding the Real Problems in Education by Stephen A. Jones September 1, 2010 Of all the experiments being tried in the name of education reform, the one for which I’m most interested in seeing the results is beginning this fall at Barbara Jordan Elementary School in Detroit. At Barbara Jordan Elementary, there will be no [...]

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Pummeled by Falling Shoes

July 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Pummeled by Falling Shoes by Stephen A. Jones July 1, 2010 These are hard times for those of us who love Detroit. It seems to be raining shoes. Our former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, who was sent to prison a few weeks back for violating his probation on the perjury charge that got him booted out [...]

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