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While we may know highfalutin language when we hear it, we don't all agree about how to spell "highfalutin" or where it comes from. -
John Auchter/For Michigan PublicThis week, voters here in Michigan chose a man named Abdul El-Sayed to be Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate. Like him, don't like him. Like his policies, don't like his policies. Vote for him in November, don't vote for him. Your choice. But don't fall for the BS and demonize him because of his name.
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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. -
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.
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So I was delighted when the Wolverines won the NCAA Men's Division I basketball title this year. But I also don't mind taking the opportunity to poke at the Schembechler-level of devotion of U of M zealots. If that makes the Spartan Nation happy, so be it. -
You say "lieutenant," I say “leftenant” but let’s not call the whole thing off.
