Monthly Archives: March 2009

I want my Free Press!

Posted on March 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

Update 7:40 one more time. I called 313-222-6500 and learned that the Free Press circulation person I talked to on Monday had it wrong. My Free Press will not automatically be e-mailed to me. Instead, for now I can log … Continue reading →

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Historic day — no Free Press

Posted on March 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Instead of the usual stack of Detroit Free Press atop New York Times, only a Times in a blue plastic sleeve greeted me at the mailbox this morning. So the Free Press really did go threely. I’ll … Continue reading →

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The bomb under Matty’s bridge

Posted on March 29, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Stamper downplayed more specific concerns about the Ambassador bridge: that a fuel station near the bridge might be a hazard, for instance — saying it doesn’t pose a risk now and is being moved anyway, further away … Continue reading →

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Please don’t look at these pictures!

Posted on March 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

Here at joelontheroad.com, we believe wholeheartedly in recycling. To prove it, we’re re-running the September 22, 2008 JOTR story about my run-in with one of Matty Moroun’s shotgun-totin’ goons. By Joel Thurtell Matty Moroun doesn’t want you to see these … Continue reading →

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“Cathedral of finance”

Posted on March 26, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell In the wee hours of Tuesday, February 14, 1933, Michigan’s new Democratic Governor William Comstock emerged from the posh Detroit Club after a long meeting of Detroit financiers and Lansing and Washington treasury bigshots. He turned right … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing the Yak

Posted on March 25, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell When the staffers who produced the long-running and beloved Yak feature retired last year from the Detroit Free Press, the bosses decided not to let the award-winning employees’ departure get them down. Why rely on workers with … Continue reading →

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Book for sale: Up the Rouge!

Posted on March 22, 2009 by hro50ta1

Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River, by Joel Thurtell and Patricia Beck, can be ordered at www.uptherouge.com.

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Banking and the perpetual screw job

Posted on March 18, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell It’s terrible that execs of broke A.I.G. gave themselves $165 million in bonuses, tapped from public bailout money. And yes, it’s outragaeous that top dogs from failed Countrywide bank whose profiteering in sub-prime mortgages helped bring on … Continue reading →

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Book signings and book events

Posted on March 17, 2009 by hro50ta1

The book by Joel Thurtell and Patricia Beck, “Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River”, will be for sale at the following events: April 1, 9 a.m., interview by Lisa Minnini on her Internet talk show, Navigating Change, at www.blogtalkradio.com/navigating_change … Continue reading →

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Not just my opinion

Posted on March 13, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Over dinner, an old friend who’s a journalist quizzed me about the case of David Ashenfelter, the Detroit Free Press reporter ordered by a judge to reveal the U.S. Department of Justice sources for his story that … Continue reading →

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