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Diggs Standard for Supremes

By Joel Thurtell Staff Writer A former congressman named Charles Diggs spent seven months in prison in 1978 for what reportedly is routine behavior by three justices on the U. S. Supreme Court. According to the April 30, 2023 New … Continue reading

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A Jewish airman in a Nazi POW Camp

BY JOEL THURTELL The Detroit Free Press scrapped this story when I wrote it 21 years ago. What do you think? Would you have published this story? First, some background: He was retired in 2002, but Detroit TV weather caster … Continue reading

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FDA approval of Alzheimer’s ‘cure’ a huge gift to drug maker

BY JOEL THURTELL It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single disease that afflicts a vast portion of the world’s population must be in want of a cure. According to the FDA, that single disease is Alzheimer’s, and the … Continue reading

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Times n-word hypocrisy

I sent the following letter to letters@nytimes on May 2, 2021. So far, it has not appeared in The Times. To the Editor: Regarding The Times’ May 2 op-ed, “How the N-Word Became Unsayable,” by John McWhorter: Times editors thought … Continue reading

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SPIKING THE SUPER BOWL POOL

First posted on February 5, 2012 JT Revised version posted February 1, 2021  By Joel Thurtell I’m no sports writer, so it was neat to think my byline would appear over a Super Bowl story. What a drag that my first-ever Super … Continue reading

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SPIKING THE SUPER BOWL PIZZA

Spiking the Super Bowl Pizza  Breaking news January 20, 2021 – In a parting shot at anyone who believes in rule of law, the now former President, Donald Trump, commuted the prison sentence of disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Current … Continue reading

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I BEAT OHIO STATE!

The last game of the University of Michigan football season is normally played against perennial rival Ohio State University. Due to the pandemic, the Michigan-Ohio State game scheduled for Saturday, December 12, 2020, was cancelled. All the more reason to … Continue reading

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Victoria Burton-Harris: ‘Yes, I would’

By JOEL THURTELL I asked Democratic Wayne County prosecutor candidate Victoria Burton-Harris if she would investigate and prosecute public officials who illegally withhold records. She replied: Good afternoon, Joel. Yes, I would. This is simple and a part of my … Continue reading

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Letter to Wayne County’s next prosecuting attorney (I hope!)

To Victoria Burton-Harris, greetings: If a citizen were denied access to public records and requested that you enforce Michigan’s 1931 Penal Code provision that government officials be prosecuted for withholding public records, and if you were Wayne County prosecutor, what … Continue reading

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CASS COUNTY ‘JUSTICE’

BY JOEL THURTELL Police unions are taking the rap for defending lawbreaking cops. Police chiefs argue that they are powerless to fire bad cops. There was a time when top cops openly made the case for protecting bad police officers. … Continue reading

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