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Book talks: ‘UP THE ROUGE!’ & ‘SEYDOU’

Posted on March 10, 2011 by hro50ta1

Northville District Library, 7 p.m., April 13. Joel Thurtell will lecture on the 27-mile canoe trip he made in 2005 with Patricia Beck up the Rouge River. Their journey was the subject of a Wayne State University Press book, UP … Continue reading →

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Sham environmentalism

Posted on March 8, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’ve got to hand it to Friends of the Rouge and the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority. When it comes to finding ways to waste money on high-gloss publicity stunts while ignoring the need for ongoing evaluation and … Continue reading →

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Which one?

Posted on March 5, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Which will it be? Both, maybe? The Musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are giving two — TWO! — performances on Sunday, March 6. At 3 p.m., the MDSO are playing at Kirk in the Hills, a … Continue reading →

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How to cut your booze bill to zero

Posted on March 4, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The simplest way to cut your booze bill to zero would be to just stop buying liquids with alcoholic content. That would be so easy, such a certain shortcut to success, that we the writers and editors … Continue reading →

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Conyers vs. Dingell?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If Republican mapmakers pit the longest-serving U.S. representative, John Dingell, against the second-longest-serving rep, John Conyers (both Democrats) in a new congressional district that includes liberal Ann Arbor, the fur is gonna fly. I’ll be watching for … Continue reading →

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‘Patten Bay’ it’s not — except that it is

Posted on March 2, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Canada’s geographic names board says a little lake in McGregor Bay where some of us have cottages is not called Patten Bay. They are wrong. I just got a note from Zoe McDougall saying her request to … Continue reading →

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Museum orchestras

Posted on February 28, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell “Museum orchestras.” That’s what retired Wayne State Univesity music Prof. Martin Herman calls most major orchestras in the U.S. Founded by Germans, playing mostly music by dead Germans, according to Prof. Herman. Now, I love Bach, Haydn, … Continue reading →

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SHOESTRING REPORTER

Posted on February 27, 2011 by hro50ta1

By “Floyd Inkjet” JOTR Book Critic At last, someone has penned a book about Journalism that truly can be described as all these things — a personal memoir, a comprehensive strategy for building a Journalism career, a nuts-and-bolts textbook and, … Continue reading →

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The “shared sacrifice” scam

Posted on February 26, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Frankly, I don’t give a damn whether another movie is made in Michigan. If the nascent Michigan film industry folds up and moves because the state no longer singles this high-profile business class out for lucrative tax … Continue reading →

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‘Qaddafi’, ‘Gaddafi’ or ‘Kaddafi?’

Posted on February 26, 2011 by hro50ta1

Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, one of Colonel Gaddafi‘s top security official (sic) and cousin, left Wednesday evening, it was revealed, for Egypt, where he denounced Colonel Qaddafi‘s “grave violations to human rights.” — The New York Times, February 26, 2011 By … Continue reading →

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