News & Views
Click here to listen to my interview on the News & Views show on December 23, 2011. I was interviewed by Chuck Bates about the state of things in our criminal justice system in America. My interview starts at minute 51:40 if you don’ t want to listen to my friend and former media guru Fred Wszolek speak. Listen Here Download Here Information about the show…. It’s the News Behind the News! News & Views is a live two-hour, issues-oriented and caller-intensive daily radio news magazine delivered from an economist’s point of view. For over 14 years, hosts Dr. Larry...
Read MoreSunrise on the Tarmac
Descending toward a sleepy Detroit this morning had all the mixed morning feelings a flight can bring with the expectant pleasure of returning home in time for Christmas. The flight out from DC gave me a clear view of the well lit street lights with very little traffic on any of the streets or highways. Surprisingly our landing had the same optics, character and feel to it here in DTWville. There was no snow to greet me. No hope of seeing my breath as I walked to my car. No real need at all for the jacket I have been carrying around since I left four days ago. It was still dark when...
Read MoreJustice Fellowship
Here is the press release that went out announcing my new job as Director of External Affairs for Justice Fellowship. ### Justice Fellowship Advocating for Criminal Justice Reform FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ryan Sanders Ph. 703-554-8453 Email: Ryan_Sanders@pfm.org Former Michigan House Speaker Named Director of External Affairs at Justice Fellowship LANSDOWNE, VA, December 20, 2011—Justice Fellowship announced the appointment of Craig DeRoche, former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, as their Director of External Affairs. DeRoche will work with federal and state...
Read MoreThe Baby and His Mother Stamp
This week I made the time honored trudge through slush and snow and brisk winter winds to wait in the long lines of my local USPS. This is one of the few things that can be replaced by the internet (stamps.com) but largely isn’t– at least in my own experience and the others who were standing in a motionless line when I arrived. The scene there was almost exactly the same as I have encountered for twenty or more holiday seasons, only louder and more animated. The woman at the desk being served when I was about three people away from my turn was letting in to the worker who was...
Read MoreDetroit Sports
Detroit had a rough weekend. The state didn’t do much better. Or should I say, State didn’t do much better. As if the Lions throwing away a second game and Red Wings snapping a losing streak wasn’t enough, MSU let the first Big Ten Championship Game slip through like the crisp winter breeze that snapped onto the scene Sunday. I am convinced after watching MSU play Wisconsin twice that if the two teams were to take each other on ten times they would each come out with 5 and 5 records. I guess for this year, MSU just picked which game to win and which to lose in the...
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