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Revolt, Retreat, Repeat: The Perils of Populism and Simple Answers….

On March 23, 1933, the German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, or Ermächtigungsgesetz, giving Adolph Hitler plenary powers over local…

Mar 24, 2024

Revolt, Retreat, Repeat: The Perils of Populism and Simple Answers….

Mar 24, 2024

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Holly’s Comet: An Annual Exercise in Music and Sorrow

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, together with their pilot Roger Peterson, perished…

Feb 4, 2023

Holly’s Comet: An Annual Exercise in Music and Sorrow

Feb 4, 2023

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Michigan at 188: A Love Letter to Home

On January 26th, 1837, with the stroke of Old Hickory’s quill, Michigan became the 26th state in the Union; a richly remarkable peninsular…

Jan 26

Michigan at 188: A Love Letter to Home

Jan 26

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Oily Leather, Fresh-cut Grass and Departed Dads

Jan 29, 2023

Oily Leather, Fresh-cut Grass and Departed Dads

Jan 29, 2023

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The Gales of November

Nov 10, 2022

The Gales of November

Nov 10, 2022

Michigan’s Soo Locks and the Rites of First Passage

Last Friday, March 21, the Soo Locks, perched at the top of Michigan’s icy Upper Peninsula, reopened for freighter traffic, marking the…

3d ago

Michigan’s Soo Locks and the Rites of First Passage

3d ago

A Songbird Silenced: Motown’s Tammi Terrell

On March 16, 1970, superlative Motown songbird Tammi Terrell succumbed to a malignant brain tumor at age 24. Best known for her duets with…

Mar 16

A Songbird Silenced: Motown’s Tammi Terrell

Mar 16

Oscar at 97: Our Annual Exercise of Art, Artifice and Humanity

Feb 27

Oscar at 97: Our Annual Exercise of Art, Artifice and Humanity

Feb 27

Greece’s Greatest Mind: Socrates, Sarcasm and the Killer Cocktail

On February 15, 399 BC, the condemned philosopher Socrates happily drank a hemlock mixture administered as his sentence for corrupting the…

Feb 15

Greece’s Greatest Mind: Socrates, Sarcasm and the Killer Cocktail

Feb 15

“V” is for Venal: Hayes, Tilden and the Devil’s Compromise of 1877

On January 25, 1877, the US Senate moved as part of the Compromise of 1877 to cast 20 “undetermined” electoral votes for Republican Gov…

Jan 25

“V” is for Venal: Hayes, Tilden and the Devil’s Compromise of 1877

Jan 25

Bill Urich

Bill Urich

A tail-end baby-boomer, Bill Urich has worked in and around the law for over 33 years. And counting. His thoughts and ideas, such as they are, remain his own.

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