Tag Archives: Congress

Matty on my mind

Posted on September 26, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Now I know how Detroit Free Press editors must have felt when they saw how many website hits their bombshell Kwame Kilpatrick stories were igniting. Joelontheroad.com, with my story about being ejected from a public park … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures on the Rouge, Kwamegate, Lakes and streams, Me & Matty | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Step aside, JC

Posted on August 9, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Remember back in 2002 when the FBI raided Ed McNamara’s offices in Detroit? How could that highly publicized piece of law enforcement be connected to Sludgegate? Well, there is a thread — In 2002, Detroit’s longtime U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad government, JC & Me, Joel's J School, People | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ethics “Paralysis” Charade: I

Posted on August 5, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell All of a sudden, journalists are dissing John Conyers. Time was when no reporter in his or her right mind would criticize the congressman from Detroit, the second-most-senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Time was … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad government, censorship, JC & Me, Joel's J School, People | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2 Conyers staffers at center of inquiry

Posted on June 29, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] This is the third Detroit Free Press story I wrote about misuse of congressional staffers by U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. The first two stories appeared on Nov. 21, 2003 and are republished in the “Conyers … Continue reading →

Posted in Conyers series | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment