Category Archives: Beginnings

Texas may ban CABs

By Joel Thurtell In spite of all the uproar about high-interest Capital Appreciation Bonds and 1000-percent interest rates in California schools, the California Legislature has not outlawed these taxpayer ripoffs and may only limit their use. In Texas, meanwhile, a … Continue reading

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Thank you, Jimmy Boegle

By Joel Thurtell Thank you, Jimmy Boegle of the Coachella Valley Independent, for setting the record straight regarding the history of reporting on Capital Appreciation Bonds in California.

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Excuses, excuses

By Joel Thurtell Oh, come on! The Detroit Tigers defeat the New York Yankees in the first two games of the American League Championship Series, and The New York Times puts the lamest of excuses on Page One: Gray Pinstripes: … Continue reading

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We’re back!!!

By Joel Thurtell What a relief! Thought I was a goner. Son Adam and pals Potsy and Freddie labored to breathe life into the old database. For a while, I thought I’d lost my entire site. Hundreds of blog columns, … Continue reading

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Hank Fonde: “I beat Ohio State!”

By Joel Thurtell The 80-year-old old guy with the shock of white hair wore a fading maize and blue University of Michigan t-shirt. But this was not just any Michigan fan. Nor was it just any UM t-shirt. The younger … Continue reading

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Thanks, Jack!

It was a very nice piece by Jack Lessenberry today, October 5, 2009 on WUOM-FM, about my encounter with Matty Moroun’s shotgun-totin’ goon, though many people deserve credit for weighing in against the megalomaniac Matty. The Windsor Star has been … Continue reading

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Newspaper museum anyone?

By Joel Thurtell Leslie Lynch-Wilson, that indefatigable sparkplug for community organizing in Lincoln Park, has brought about something I thought could never happen. She tells me three members of Lincoln Park’s Downtown Development Authority actually want to save the old … Continue reading

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Riding the Rouge with Florent Tillon

By Joel Thurtell It happened. My motorboat trip up the Rouge River with French film maker Florent Tillon began just as our press release predicted, a bit after eight in the morning of Wednesday, July 8. To those readers who … Continue reading

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Filming the Rouge

By Joel Thurtell On vacation in Canada, I found a little sandwich shop with a Mac computer and a wi-fi connection. I logged on and found a message from a French film maker, Florent Tillon, wondering if I’d take him on … Continue reading

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Will Gannett cut Monday and Tuesday?

By Joel Thurtell The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News could drop Monday and Tuesday editions online and in print. Lots of uncertainty here. But I’m told high muck-a-mucks at Gannett could be mulling whether to chop the Monday and … Continue reading

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