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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

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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

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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

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Figuring it all out

Control. That’s what I wanted. Before we left for vacation on August 1, I wrote enough columns to post a new one each day that I was gone. Well, almost. True, I recycled one. Hey, Bob Talbert did that. Remember … Continue reading

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Hizzoner vs. hizzoner

By Joel Thurtell Eat your heart out, Kwame. You won’t see this in Detroit: A mob of people swarming the mayor, acting like he’s some rock star. Like Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had and affair … Continue reading

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Free Press: Hang ’em high!

By Joel Thurtell [donation} In one short story on page A17 in the July 15, 2008 issue of The New York Times, an out-of-state paper, managed to capture the essence of a Detroit judge’s ruling Monday, July 14, in the … Continue reading

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Free Press censors

By Joel Thurtell [donation] The big question in this whole Detroit Kwamegate scandal — the best entertainment we’ve had in decades — is this: How did Detroit Free Press sleuths Jim Schaefer and Mike Elrick get their hands on the … Continue reading

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Fourth of July revery

By Joel Thurtell What if we lived in a country where companies could ban employees from voting? How democratic would that be? Well, it hasn’t happened. But it could. And there is an industry where political activity already is looked … Continue reading

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Why they maybe don’t like you, Jeff

According to recent accounts in the Detroit Free Press, besieged attorney Geoffrey Fieger doesn’t think he’s very popular in Michigan. Strike that. The Jeff didn’t say it. His lawyer made the claim in arguing that The Jeff’s trial on charges … Continue reading

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