Dean Baker has a great piece over at TPMCafe connecting the (so far nonexistent) auto industry bailout to the economies of the Great Lakes States. He only mentions Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, but Illinois, Wisconsin, etc. are not immune.
Just a quick note about the election, now that Missouri’s vote has come in, and we have the entire electoral map in place… I’m a much bigger fan of maps that show the true purpleness of the country (scroll down to the bottom). But at the electoral college level, it’s still great to see what […]
Barack Obama is starting to concern me. He seems to be running from “liberal” label. I’ve written before about how critical I think it is that liberals and progressives rescue the term “liberal”. It’s a first step toward re-legitimizing the entire liberal worldview. I didn’t see the debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton last night, […]
Another wrap-up of Great Lakes regional issues and news… Great Lakes liberalism E.J. Dionne has a nice column about how Senators Clinton and Obama seem to following in the footsteps of the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. We could all follow his example. War profiteering comes to the Great Lakes Kudos to the “Chicago Tribune”. […]
Much of my writing so far in this blog has been broad scope – meaning national. But I hope to, over time, focus more on the Great Lakes region and its progressive values and community. Today is a good day to start. I imagine it’s mostly because of the Wisconsin primary today and the upcoming […]
Yesterday I talked about how California gets lots of attention in the national media – and certainly from itself. Much of this attention is based on its sheer scale. It is a very big state – geographically, population, economy, etc. But I think it’s time the Great Lakes region got some attention. You see, I’ve […]
Bill Poorman 