Don’t Forget to Vote!
Another day, another set of draconian, job-killing, liberty-stealing lockdowns from Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Late Wednesday she issued another confusing executive order, closing bars and dramatically restricting social gatherings in rural northern Michigan – while...
No Answers, No Transparency, and No Leadership from Gov. Whitmer
The curve has been flattened. The people of Michigan have done their part, and many are working hard every day to jumpstart the economy safely. Even so, we still have a lot of unanswered questions for the governor and her administration. What...
Whitmer Extends Order Importing COVID-19 to Nursing Homes
At least 1,947 dead in Michigan nursing homes of COVID-19. Untold hundreds – maybe more – dead in assisted living facilities. Every one of them someone’s mother, father, grandparent, sibling, friend. They’re not a statistic. They’re the faces of Governor Gretchen...
Whitmer’s nursing home policy risks lives
This column originally appeared in the Detroit News. At least 1,947 Michigan nursing home patients have died of COVID-19 since the middle of March. That’s 650 each month — more than 20 per day. Those numbers aren’t anecdotes, and they’re not just statistics...
Lawsuit: Benson Risks Integrity of Elections
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is headed back to court, after the Honest Elections Project reviewed voter rolls across the state of Michigan and found some shocking numbers. Benson, and state and local Michigan election officials are being sued over their...
What’s it going to take for Gov. Whitmer to pay attention?
“Obviously we, like states across the country… have been learning an incredible amount about COVID 19, it being a novel virus. The amount that we’ve learned just in the last eight weeks is dramatically different from what we knew as we were watching...
(Not So) Little Lies
“Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies… tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies." - Fleetwood Mac (1987) Perhaps, Gretchen Whitmer and her team are just really big fans of Fleetwood Mac. Or, more likely, their incompetence and arrogance has finally caught up with them...
Frontlines: Trouble with Transparency Saddles Whitmer with Credibility Gap
Governor Gretchen Whitmer isn’t being completely transparent with you about the COVID-19 public health crisis – or her response to it. You don’t have to take my word for it. Just ask the New York Times? Yeah. That New York Times. They say Whitmer has “trampled” open...
Trouble with transparency saddles governor with credibility gap in crisis
This column first appeared in The Detroit News. The New York Times editorial board assailed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for moves she’s made to hide data and public records from voters and the media in the midst of the global COVID-19 health crisis....
An Internship That Makes a Difference
This year, I had the privilege of interning with the Michigan Freedom Fund (MFF). The atmosphere at the Freedom Fund office is really unlike any other. You are surrounded by strong work ethics, passion, and perseverance. When arriving at the office for the first time...