Obama vs. McCain, Postcards from Michigan, Take 2

by | Nov 9, 2008 | Blog

For my second election postcard from Michigan, I visited the Banana Festival at St. Hyacinth Church in what remains of Polish Detroit. Here’s a link to the version of the op-ed piece that ran in The Times: The Top Banana. And here’s the (longer) version I...

Obama vs McCain in Michigan, Part I

by | Nov 8, 2008 | Blog

I seem to have entered the world of blogging, almost by accident, and now I’m hooked. I’m not sure how this enterprise will evolve, but my sense is that a blogger is just supposed to jump in and see what happens. So I’ll start with the three brief...