Follow Bailey on Twitter Two of Hillsdale County’s three judges have endorsed Jonesville attorney Sara Lisznyai in her race for district judge, citing concerns over the record of her opponent Neal Brady, the county’s prosecutor for the last 18 years — allegations that Brady and his supporters, including County Sheriff Stan Burchardt, deny. Former prosecutor...
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October 30, 2014July 12, 2022City News
Clinton rallies for Michigan Democrats
Follow Vivian on Twitter “I have just one question for you folks: are you people ready for Hillary?” Democratic Rep. Gary Peters yelled to an ecstatic crowd at a rally with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Oakland University. Attracting the highest-profile Democrats in the land, the race between Peters...
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October 30, 2014July 12, 2022City News
Walberg and Byrnes vie for Michigan’s 7th
Follow Jack on Twitter After knocking on hundreds, if not thousands, of doors between the two of them, the U.S. Senate race for Michigan’s 7th congressional district will end Tuesday. No, it’s not a door-knocking contest, though that is a very important part of the campaign for Michigan’s 7th congressional district. The intrepid door-knockers are...
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October 30, 2014July 12, 2022City News
Right to Life endorses judge candidates
Follow Samantha on Twitter Right to Life of Michigan, a pro-life advocacy group, endorsed both candidates running for Hillsdale County district judge. This endorsement signals to voters that the candidates, Hillsdale district attorney Neal Brady and Jonesville attorney Sara Lisznyai, both support pro-life principles. To receive Right to Life’s endorsement, candidates completed a questionnaire and...
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October 30, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
The unappealing politics of universal rhetoric
Another election approaches, and soon hordes of “rationally ignorant” citizens (myself included) will shuffle to the ballots to vote. But we can’t really blame them (ourselves?) for their ignorance: Contemporary political discourse is boring, predictable, and all in all deplorable. Everyone appeals to some conception of justice, and these conceptions usually depend upon posited, universal...