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If "hunky dory" means the same thing as "right as rain," then we face the question of how right rain is. -
John Auchter/For Michigan PublicI was able to survive all that and graduate. Hurray for me! And also, who cares? It certainly doesn't mean that a student today needs to have that exact same experience I did in order to succeed. We've learned a lot about mental health since then. (Educated people learn things. That's how education works.)
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President Donald Trump came to Michigan this week and delivered a speech that very much had this vibe. And in fact he did say to his subjects, er, the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen of Michigan, the golden age of America is upon us!" -
The little clock we wear on our wrist could be called a clock. Instead, it has long had its own term, being called a watch instead. -
I figured that there would likely be additional drama about the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge and, sure enough, there is. Here's a link to a pretty good summary, but the overarching story is how stupidly unnecessary the drama is. -
Sometimes new slang jumps out in front of you, waving its hands, or thumbs, so that you can’t help but notice it. Sometimes it just sneaks up on you.
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Michigan and several other states are dealing with a record surge in Cyclospora illnesses, a parasitic infection that causes (and almost every report includes this term) explosive diarrhea. -
We can count fathoms when we’re measuring things. We can also metaphorically fathom or not fathom things.
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It did occur to me to make Elon Musk the guy in the cartoon. After all, the newly minted trillionaire is very much the poster child for an absurd concentration of wealth leading to an absurd concentration of power. -
This is a bespoke segment of That’s What They Say that focuses on “bespoke.”
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But that's exactly what Independence Day is about — 250 years ago on July 4th a group of leaders got very, very political by signing a document that put their lives and their family's lives in grave danger. We can see now that it was totally worth it. Back then, it wasn't so clear. -
If it’s up your alley, it might also be up your street. And perhaps it’s down rather than up.
