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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Cover’s here: UP THE ROUGE!
By Joel Thurtell Here it is! Wayne State University Press has sent us images of the cover they’ve designed for the book I co-authored with Patricia Beck about our June 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River through Metro Detroit. … Continue reading
Message to guv: butt out
By Joel Thurtell It took a Wayne County Circuit judge to do what Detroit’s Sludgegate-tainted City Council members should have had brains enough to do. Butt out. Now it’s time for Michigan’s governor to realize there is only one proper … Continue reading
Posted in Bad government, Kwamegate
Tagged Jennifer Granholm, Kwamegate, Kwme Kilpatrick, Sludgegate
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Trash is trash if junk’s in the Rouge
By Joel Thurtell Knowing of my interest in the Rouge River, my friend John W. Smith told me about what he thought might be the remains of a 19th century mill lying in the Rouge not far from his home … Continue reading
‘New Journalism’ check-list
By Joel Thurtell Let’s say you’re a pinko, left-wing think tank. Or, hey, maybe you’re a bunch of fascists on the right. For the sake of this lecture in Joel’s J School, it doesn’t matter how you’re aligned on the … Continue reading
Posted in future of newspapers, Joel's J School
Tagged Joel's J School, left-wing, moderate, New Journalism, Old Journalism, right wing
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Bye-bye, BOBS!
By Joel Thurtell BOBS is dead. That’s the word I’m hearing from insiders at The Detroit Free Press. What’s BOBS? It was a neat monthly set of awards voted by Freepsters to fellow staffers for taking the best photo, writing … Continue reading
Kwamegate and Detroit’s presumption of guilt
By Joel Thurtell For three hours, sanity replaced the spite that governs the ever-more-depressing courtroom saga of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Despite the histrionics of an assistant Wayne County prosecuting attorney, Wayne Circuit Judge Leonard Townsend flatly stated in court … Continue reading
Playing dumb
By Joel Thurtell Like everyone else in Michigan, I’ve been following Kwamegate pretty religiously. How can you not? The stories are everywhere, even when there’s not a story. Occasionally, when my reactions to media coverage become too powerful to control, … Continue reading
Posted in Bad government, Joel's J School, Kwamegate
Tagged Attorney General Mike Cox, Bill Goodman, bribe, bribery, Christine Beatty, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, FBI, federal prosecutor, Governor Jennifer Granholm, Justice Department, Kelly Keenan, Kwame Kilpatrick, Kwamegate, mayor, media, ministers, Newspapers, pastors, reporting, self-serving coverage, Sharon McPhail, Sludgegate, trial, whistle-blower
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‘Freedom of information,’ except…
By Joel Thurtell After all the hoopla about the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News’ battle to open more of the Kwamegate text messages to public view, I wanted to learn what the legal issues were. So I headed for … Continue reading
Posted in Bad government, Kwamegate
Tagged access to information, Add new tag, Coleman A. Young Building, common law, Detroit, Franz Kafka, Freedom of Information, hidden files, judges, Kwamegate, Len Niehoff, lightning, Michigan Constitution, Newspapers, openness, pollution, records, reporter, reporters, Rouge, s, secrecy, secret, The Trial, trial, University of Michigan Law School, Wayne County Circuit Court
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No files? It’s circus court
By Joel Thurtell Who ever heard of a court that works without files? Sounds like something Franz Kafka would make up. You know, that insane novel of his, “The Trial,” where a guy spends his life trying to make contact … Continue reading
Posted in Bad government, Kwamegate
Tagged access to information, Coleman A. Young Building, common law, Detroit, Franz Kafka, Freedom of Information, hidden files, judges, Kwamegate, Len Niehoff, Michigan Constitution, Newspapers, reporter, reporters, secrecy, The Trial, trial, University of Michigan Law School, Wayne County Circuit Court
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Blame it on the geese!
By Joel Thurtell Don’t you hate it when politicians blame their wives for things they should take responsibility for? Once I had to listen to a certain bigwig Wayne County politician telling me he didn’t dare accept President Bill Clinton’s … Continue reading
