Commentary

On Saturday, Genesee County Clerk John Gleason posted this on his Facebook page regarding the upcoming special election primary on March 12th: Received the first mailing from Wood Stanley today. Wood appears to have good cross section of supporters according to his mailer...

Political commentary and analysis with Armchair Politics pundits former Lt. Governor John Cherry on the left, long time State House member Charlie Mueller on the right and resident cynic Barry Simon on The Tom Sumner Program broadcasting LIVE from Alexander J's Monday February 25 beginning at 3 p...

Politics goes to the "Oscars." Flint's premiere political pundit Paul Rozycki talks about politics in the movies and FIA Film Curator Ed Bradley (former Flint Journal movie critic) previews the 2013 Academy Awards on The Tom Sumner Program Wednesday February 20 beginning at 3 p...

On Sunday, I went to Best Buy to upgrade my wife's cell phone. We had gotten an email promotion from the retailer earlier in the year saying if we upgraded a phone there, we would receive a $50 gift card. After looking at numerous offers for cell phones from many other places, my wife and I ultimately decided to do the upgrade at Best Buy because that $50 gift card would go a long way towards the

According to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the picture above harms Native Americans.  We’re not talking about hurt feelings.  Such images actually lower academic performance among Native Americans.  Please don’t dwell on the image; just a quick glance so you can follow along.  Pinhole viewing is recom...

Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, Courtney Lenz, is not fat.  She’s adorable.  But she didn’t make the cut to cheer the Ravens on to their Big Game victory.  Was it because she gained 1.6 pounds?  Brenda and I tackled the issue in a recent WNEM TV5 Weekend Talk Back segment:  

With Flint claiming the title as America’s most violent city, Genesee County Sheriff Robert J. Pickell has proposed a new violent crime task force.  The joint task force would operate across jurisdictional boundaries and be highly mobile, tackling violent crime at its source.  But wher...

In his recent interview over Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino reminded me of the serial killer “interviewed” by Dirty Harry in the football stadium.  Same exaggerated facial features.  Same narcissism.  It’s uncanny: Either Tarantino believes that movie violence does not contribute to violence in real life, or he doesn’t care.  We don’t know which because he didn’...

Do you think the federal government is a bloated, byzantine mess?  Do you think our elected representatives react to passing events in knee jerk fashion, legislating, regulating, and signing executive orders that often do more harm than good.  Or...

Dan on the Street: Collecting signatures in downtown Flint to prevent the "chemical castration of deadbeat dads" provision from taking effect in 2013.  Really.