Tag Archives: Canada

My NRA hit list

Posted on February 7, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m on the NRA’s hit list. They’re hitting me up for money so they can protect patriotic Americans whose “Second Amendment rights,” the NRA claims, are in danger of being “dismantled and destroyed.” “THEY WANT TO MAKE … Continue reading →

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Insurance against Matty

Posted on June 18, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell My July 7 deadline for breaking ground on the bridge at Detroit may not be needed. I wanted to forestall Matty Moroun and his threatened anti-government bridge ballot proposal by having construction underway by election time. Fait … Continue reading →

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Bridge deadline looms

Posted on June 13, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The July 7 deadline for Gov. Snyder and Canada to break ground for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor is roughly three weeks away. Will the combined governments of Canada, the United States, Michigan and Ontario … Continue reading →

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Plug in the Bay

Posted on April 18, 2011 by hro50ta1

Written by Joel Thurtell Photographs by Adam Thurtell I thought I had everything I’d need for the job — a 100-foot tow rope, lines for tying the boat to docks, my tool box and one of those compartmentalized plastic tackle … Continue reading →

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That island connection

Posted on October 16, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell On the wall of our kitchen there’s a framed motto that says, “If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” Back when I worked at the Detroit Free Press, I thought we should have hung up another version: … Continue reading →

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