Keeping Your Head in (All) the Game(s)

"Economists have found no evidence of positive economic impact of professional sports teams and facilities on urban economies."...

When I was growing up in semi-rural Michigan, the bulk of the Lavalli clan still lived in Detroit. Easter and several other Sundays wer...

I have been harsh if not apocalyptic in some recent posts about the future of Detroit. The national media has taken on Detroit as the pos...

I was surprised after my series on the ruin of Detroit that I did not hear from the few friends I still have there. I did hear a lot from m...

Isn't that a great skyline, those gold-speckled black towers right on the edge of a beautiful blue river. It's stunning, it's be...

Ruin Porn brings out some strong responses from both sides of the story. Those who believe that "the city shall rise from the ashes...

Over twenty years ago I was visiting back in Michigan and took my mother to visit my Aunts Alice & Doris in Detroit. We decided to go o...

I admit it, I watch the Super Bowl for the commercials; I just am not a sports fan anymore. Unfortunately, since the recession the super ad...