Reckless Love Affair
by Susan J. Demas
September 1, 2010
Attention, teenage girls. Are you bored? Not sure what to do with your life? Do you want your boyfriend to marry you so you can live happily ever after?
Better yet, do you want to be popular? Have magazine covers devoted to you? Even end up on a kickass [...]

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Children of the Spill
by Annie Scott
June 16, 2010
Here’s what’s going on in a land far away but not so far apart from the Mitten …
When I read Sarah Palin’s recent quote that the people speculating about whether she’s had a certain figure enhancement should “grab a shovel, go down to the gulf, volunteer [...]

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Granholm Reflects on Palin Act
June 4, 2010
70 million and one viewers watched the V.P. debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on October 2, 2008. That “one” had a huge vested interest as she watched intently from her Lansing home with her hubby and friends gathered around the tube.
Periodically there were shouts: “We anticipated that!” [...]

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Know Nothing Journalism
by Susan J. Demas
December 1, 2009
A few weeks ago, I covered Sarah Palin’s pop-star-worthy greeting by more than 1,000 screaming fans gathered in Grand Rapids for her first book signing.
It was quite the media event, evidenced by the fact that “Access Hollywood” was on hand. MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell was embedded for some reason [...]

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Thanksgiving Postscript
by Tim Skubick
November 27, 2009
There’s a good reason why political columnists rarely offer up anything remotely connected to Thanksgiving: there is so little for which to give thanks.
Should everyone be rejoicing at the professional manner in which lawmakers and the governor resolved this year’s budget?
Or better yet, should we be thankful that they took [...]

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