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Bing-O! He helped oust Kwame, now wants job

Posted on September 20, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Was I on the money, or what? Dave Bing, the Detroit businessman and onetime basketball star who pressured Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and Jennifer Granholm to remove Kwame Kilpatrick as mayor of Detroit, now wants … Continue reading →

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Could Monica be right?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell Did I actually say that? In a headline? That Monica Conyers might be correct? Yes. I think the media are handling her roughly. I know, I know. Who am I to talk? I was critical of … Continue reading →

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Playing dumb

Posted on August 15, 2008 by admin

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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Figuring it all out

Posted on August 11, 2008 by admin

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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Easy rentals, Days Out and my big burrito

Posted on August 3, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Memo to self: Never, never go with the lowest bidder. Unless the company has a name you can trust. In the case of my rental car company in Los Angeles, I’d never heard of them. But … Continue reading →

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‘Sources say’ — Free Press mantra

Posted on July 24, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] I don’t give a rat’s ass whether the governor of Michigan called a federal prosecutor. But I’m sick and tired of the Detroit Free Press dumping on the world its daily tabloid-style rants dressed up as … Continue reading →

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Hizzoner vs. hizzoner

Posted on July 21, 2008 by admin

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!

Posted on July 15, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on July 13, 2008 by admin

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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Brooks barges in

Posted on July 9, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Where were Bob and Kwame? The scene couldn’t have been more Detroit, more Wayne County: I’m standing on a barge docked at the mouth of the Rouge River opposite Zug Island. The huge black blast furnaces of … Continue reading →

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