Wesley Reynolds, Mackinac Center operations intern, writes about President William Henry Harrison to commemorate the 237th anniversary of his birth at Landmarks of Liberty.

Members of a panel discussion on WXYZ TV's "Spotlight on the News" program agreed that Gov. Jennifer Granholm's final State of the State address last week was well delivered, but lacked substance.

Jack McHugh responds to a Department of Human Services employee on the challenges and conditions faced by front-line welfare department workers.

Is Detroit’s economic plight a bellwether for the nation? “Detroitification,” a phrase coined by my colleague, Jack McHugh, is defined as the hollowing out of the private economy to prop up unsustainable (and often unresponsive) government establishments. Is this an apt description of Washington’s policies?

The president of the Michigan Education Association stated on the radio recently that school employees have "given and given and given and given." Comparing teacher salaries to personal income demonstrates that the taxpayers bearing school employee costs have "given" a lot more.