Keeping tabs on authors in LINKcat: Donald L. Barlett

 

South Central Library System LINKcat online catalog

New York Times, 10/9/2024

Over four decades, Mr. Barlett and Mr. Steele’s investigative prowess, rooted in deep, systematic research and complex analysis of issues and institutions that profoundly affected Americans, resulted in two Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting (they were finalists for the award six times), six George Polk Awards and various other honors. 

They delved into the genesis of the oil crisis in the early 1970s, inequities in the operations of the Internal Revenue Service and dysfunction in the troubled U.S. health care system. Their exposés, which could take months or years to produce, were made possible by the full support of The Inquirer, which gave them the time and resources they needed. 

Mr. Barlett and Mr. Steele’s multipart series on the middle class, published in 1991, attributed its shrinking to a widening gulf in income between the top and bottom wage earners and to changes in federal tax law that favored the wealthy. It won several awards and was expanded into a book, “America: What Went Wrong?” (1992), which sat atop The New York Times’s best-seller list for weeks.

The 50 member libraries of LINKcat

Related posts:

2024

Best books on politics.  (9/2)

Paul Auster.  (5/9)

Lynne Reid Banks. (4/10)

John Barth.  (4/3)

David Boaz.   (6/13)

Caleb Carr.  (5/26)

Shirley Conran.  (5/25)

Robert Coover.  (10/12)

Frederick Crews.  (6/28)

Charles R. Cross.  (8/25)

Nelson DeMille.  (10/3)

Daniel C. Dennett.  (4/22)

Anne Edwards.  (2/4)

Richard Ellis.  (6/1)

Edward Jay Epstein.  (1/18)

Helen E. Fisher.  (9/6)

H. Bruce Franklin.  (6/9)

Ellen Gilchrist.  (2/15)

Lesley Hazleton (5/11)

Cristina Henriquez . (3/6)

Barbara Howard . (8/8)

Sue Johnson.  (6/7)

Barry Kemp.  (6/1)

Elias Khoury.  (10/4)  

Ella Leffland.  (10/9)

Alice Munro.  (5/19)

Terry Robards.  (6/8)

Thomas Rockwell.  (10/14)

Tom Shales.  (1/21)

Ross Terrill.  (8/14)

Vernor Wing . (4/1)

Dan Wakefield , (3/17)

Alexander Waugh.  (8/7)

Westheimer, Dr. Ruth . (7/14)

2023

Martin Amis . (5/31)

Richard Anobile.  (3/18)

Russell Banks.  (1/11)

A. S. Byatt.  (11/18)

Ted Bell.  (2/8)

Carol Higgins Clark.  (7/13)

Natalie Zemon Davis . (10/27)

Tim Dorsey.  (12/10)

Herbert Gold.  (11/24)

David Harris.  (2/8)

Paul Johnson.  (1/15)

Milan Kundera . (7/17)

Harold S. Kushner.  (4/30)

Cormac McCarthy.  (6/19)

Kevin Phillips.  (10/19)

Betty Rollin.  (11/26)

Norman Rush.  (4/7)

Mimi Sheraton.  (4/9)

Charles Simic.  (1/16)

Donald Spoto . (2/18)

D. M. Thomas.  (3/31)

John Underwood.  (5/8)

Fay Weldon.  (2/2)

Bill Zehme.  (4/1)

2022

Roger Angell.  (5/24)

Melissa Bank . (8/7)

Raymond Briggs.  (8/20)

Thomas Cahill. (11/16)

Philip K. Dick.  (11/20)

Bruce Duffy,  (3/13)

Todd Gitlin . (2/8)

Rebecca Godfrey.  (11/11)

Ron Goulart.  (2/7)

Doris Grumbach . (11/10)

Robert Hicks.  (3/8)

Thomas Hoving.  (12/19)

Maureen Howard.  (3/19)

Dominique Lapierre . (12/11)

Hilary Mantel.  (9/26)

Nancy Mitford.  (4/4)

P. J. O'Rourke.  (2/24)

John J. Osborn Jr.  (11/4)

Julie Powell.  (11/5)

Thomas Pynchon.  (12/17)

Dennis Smith.  (1/27)

Susie Steiner . (7/27)

Larry Woiwode . (5/19)

2021

Joan Walsh Anglund.  (4/3)

F. Lee Bailey.  (6/11)

Katherine Barber.  (5/26)

Mary Catherine Bateson.  (1/26)

Rosalind Cartwright.  (3/21)

Kim Chernin . (1/10)

Beverly Cleary.  (4/8)

Angelo Codevilla.  (10/10)

Christina Crosby.  (1/31)

Geoff Crowther.  (5/17)

Eric Jerome Dickey.  (1/9)

Morrie Dickstein . (3/31)

Scott Donaldson.  (1/11)

Stephen Dunn.  (6/29)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti.  (2/24)

James R. Flynn.  (1/30)

Larry Flynt.  (2/12)

Lucinda Franks.  (5/11)

Joseph Galloway.  (8/25)

Norman Golb.  (2/22)

Lawrence Graham.  (3/9)

Charles Grodin.  (5/20)

Maria Guarnascheilli , book editor. (2/18)

James Gunn.  (2/21)

Tony Hendra . (3/7)

Robert L. Herbert (2/12)

Norman Juster.   (3/16)

Donald Kagan.  (8/20)

His King . (4/9)

Lyn Macdonald.  (5/15)

Janet Malcolm.  (6/18)

Peter Manso , (4/10)

Jason Matthews.  (5/4)

Margaret Maron.  (3/13)

Larry McMurtry.  (4/2)

Ved Mehta.   (1/12)

Robert Middlekauff.  (9/3)

Marie Mongan.  (3/22)

John Naisbitt.  (4/21)

Sharon Kay Penman.  (2/8)

Steven B. Oates.  (9/1)

Robert Quackenbush.  (7/7)

Deborah Rhode.  (1/28)

James Ridgeway.  (2/16)

Naomi Rosenblum  (3/6)

Donald Rumsfeld.  (7/6)

Charles Saunders.  (2/4)

David Swensen . (5/13)

Bryan Sykes.  (1/14)

Athan Theoharis.  (6/14/)

Ed Ward.  (5/16)

Michael Thomas.  (8/19)

Steven Weinberg.  (8/5)

Adam Zagajewski.  (3/27)

2020

Patricia Bosworth.  (4/6)

Ben Bova.  (12/17)

Mary Higgins Clark.  (2/4)

Clive Cussler.  (2/29)

Betty Dodson  (11/11)

David Graeber.  (9/6)

Shirley Ann Grau . (8/11)

Pete Hamill.  (8/6)

Shere Hite. (9/13)

A, E, Hotchner.  (2/18)

Roger Kahn.  (2/15)

Randall Kenan.  (9/29)

John Le Carre . (12/23/2020)

Johanna Lindsey.  (1/15)

Barry Lopez.  (12/29)

Alison Lurie.  (12/7)

Sylvia Jukes Morris.  (1/20)

Charlers Portis.  (2/19)

Julia Reed.  (9/8)

John Rothchild.  (1/22)

Gail Sheehy.  (9/3)

George Steiner.  (2/6)

Jill Paton Walsh.  (11/29)

Charles Webb.  (6/30)

Elizabeth Wurtzel.  (1/11)

2019

Warren Adler . (4/23)

Kate Braverman.  (10/28)

Stephen Dixon.  (11/12)

Ernest J. Gaines.  (11/8)

And Jenkins . (3/10)

Judith Krantz.  (6/27)

Paule Marshall.  (8/27)

Robert K. Massie.  (12/4)

Martin Mayer.  (8/3)

Wright Morris.  (7/25)

Toni Morrison.  (8/12)

Anthony Price.  (6/17)

James I. Robertson.  (11/20)

Anne Rivers Siddons.  (9/19)

John Simon.  (12/1)

Sol Stein.  (9/30)

Brad Watson.  (8/2)

Lonnie Wheeler.  (7/15)

Herman Wouk . (5/20)

Nearly forgotten "sociological megahits" of 1970.  (6/18)

2018

Neal Thompson.  (6/17)

Barbara Kafka.   (6/8)

Weeding or historical sanitization at LINKcat libraries?  (6/2)

2017

Aline Countess of Romanones.  (12/17)

Kit Reed.  (10/1)

Carol J. Adams shares feminist classics from her personal library.  (9/8)

2016

E. M. Nathanson.  (4/10)

2015

Gunter Grass (1927-2015).  (4/15)

2014

Thomas Berger  (1924-2014).  (7/23)

Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014)   (4/8)

2013

Barbara Branden.   (12/26)

Riverfront, south from Wells Stret Bridge, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

That was then.  (Postmark is September 29, 1941)

From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

This is now.  (Google Maps)

Department of City Development, City of Milwaukee

In March of 1988, former Mayor John Norquist committed to change the way Milwaukee viewed its waterways. The City announced the Riverwalk Initiative with the intent to use the river as a means to connect downtown development with business and leisure activities. It became a partnership between the City and the private property owners along the river and downtown (later forming the Milwaukee Riverwalk District) and together they believed the project would have a far-reaching impact, improving public access to the river and increasing property values. The primary goal was to put a renewed focus on the river as a destination for residents, employees, and visitors alike. A funding mechanism was established through the creative thinking of the City's Comptroller, agreements were signed and the first riverwalks were designed in the early 90's. Downtown riverwalk construction, concentrated in an 8-block area, was mostly complete by 1997, transforming the Milwaukee River.

Other Then and Now posts:

October 2024

Main Street, Deer Lodge, Montana.  (10/14)

Oil City, Pennsylvania.  (10/14)

Main Street, Buffalo New York.  (10/14)

Oshkosh High School/Oshkosh City Hall.  (10/13)

Deaconess Hospital, Great Falls, Montana.  (10/13)

September 2024

Main Street, Hornell New York. (9/23)

Berkeley Public Library.  (9/23)

Cadillac Public Library,  (9/23)

Jamestown, New York.  (9/23)

When elected officials make bonehead moves (Tom Tiffany edition)

 

This series could keep a guy busy for hours on end.

Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/15/2024

No local municipalities were consulted on the bill Tiffany introduced earlier this year, opponents say, and changing things from the way they are could harm the sensitive ecosystems on the Apostle Islands and bring an influx of people that could overwhelm the quiet towns that lie along the lakeshore.  [emphasis added]

According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'bonehead', as in a stupid person;NUMBSKULL, occurred in 1903.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. bingo
2. community spread
3. dink
4. glad-hand
5. heartland
6. overlook
7. reconceptualize

Related posts:

July-December 2024

Meet the cretins who represent Wisconsin in Washington D.C.  (9/29)

January-June 2024

Wisconsin state embarrassment Tom Tiffany is totally in bed with Donald Trump.  (6/19)

Why Wisconsin State embarrassment Tom Tiffany couldn't sleep at all last night. (6/16/)

The company Freedom Caucus Crazy Tom Tiffany keeps  (Marjorie Taylor Greene edition).  (6/11)

The laddie doth protest too much, methinks. (5/18)

Remember Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, better known as Errors and No Facts?  Wisconsin state embarrassment Tom Tiffany rolls up the same sloppiness into a single inept package!  (4/7)

Wisconsin state embarrassments Tom Tiffany and Derrick Van Orden show off their nativist instincts.  (3/20)

Least surprising news of the day:  Wisconsin state embarrassment Tom Tiffany endorses Donald Trump,. (3/7)

Wisconsin State Embarrassment Tom Tiffany shows his ignorance and harasses Tucson hotel staff to make a xenophobic statement to create his own little border melodrama.  (2/16)

Dear Tom Tiffany, Please put aside the MAGA horseshit and focus on representing your constituents for once.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (2/13)

Meet the company that Wisconsin State Embarrassment Tom Tiffany keeps.  (2/5)

October 2023

In Wisconsin, the execrable Tom Tiffany stands with Gym Jordan.  (10/19)

September 2023

In truth, there is no end to the ways Wisconsin embarrassment Tom Tiffany can be mocked.  (9/28)

Frothing at the mouth, Wisconsin embarrassment and GOP US House member Tom Tiffany accuses Catholic, Lutheran, and Jewish charitable organizations of human trafficking.  (9/24)

How looney is Wisconsin embarrassment and gymnophobe Tom Tiffany?  He wants to waste U.S. Department of Justice resources on an investigation of Madison's Naked Bike Ride! (9/22)

Wisconsin embarrassment and GOP US House member Tom Tiffany is absolutely obsessed with Madison's Naked Bike Ride.  (9/21)

Wisconsin embarrassment and NRA shill Tom Tiffany meddles in New Mexico's business.  (9/20)

The company Tom Tiffany keeps:  Marjorie Taylor Greene edition.  (9/10)

August 2023

Meet Trump sycophant, election denier, and sham congressman Tom Tiffany.  (8/4)

In so many words, Tom Tiffany says he'd get shellacked running against Tammy Baldwin in 2024.  (8/2)

July 2023

When clowns consider running for political office. (7/20)

Wisconsin's most conservative US House member, the dithering Tom Tiffany, picks up fundraising as he considers a US Senate run.  (7/18)

Wannabe GOP candidate for US Senate trembles and dissembles in the long shadow of Tammy Baldwin.  (7/14)

Wannabe GOP candidate for US Senate trembles and dissembles in the long shadow of Tammy Baldwin.  (7/14)

If Tammy Baldwin is so vulnerable, why are Republicans cowering in her presence?  (7/14)

April 2023

Election de]nier and Trump sycophant Tom Tiffany considers challenging Tammy Baldwin in 2024.  (4/21)

Trump sycophant Tom Tiffany considers a Senate run against Tammy Baldwin.  (4/18)

More malpractice in journalism at Newsweek: Taking Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly's GOP wet dream fantasy polls seriously (Arizona edition)

 

Headline:  Newsweek, 10/15/2024

Fantasy polls: Slate

In 2022, Cahaly projected that Karin Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona Governor, would win her race by 3.6 percntage points.  She lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by 0.7 percentage points.  

Cahaly was wrong.  As he frequently was in 2022.

Live by the polls, die by the polls

October 2024

Malpractice in journalism at Newsweek.  (10/9)

No need to panic, folks; it’s just Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly making up another batch of GOP wet dream fantasy polls. (10/5)

Been there, done that: Just like in 2022, Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly trolls the media with GOP wet dream fantasy polls (Wisconsin presidential edition)er  (10/4)

It's full steam ahead for Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly's GOP wet dream fantasy polls.  (10/3)

Been there, done that: Just like in 2022, Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly trolls the media with GOP wet dream fantasy polls (Michigan presidential edition)

Been there, done that: Just like in 2022, Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly trolls the media with GOP wet dream fantasy polls (Michigan US Senate edition)

September 2024

Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly releases another GOP wet dream fantasy poll.  (9/30)

Does Trafalgar chief pollster Robert A. Cahaly realize he's talking about himself? (9/27)

Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly releases another GOP wet dream fantasy poll.  It's his specialty.  (9/15)

Apparently, Jonathan Draeger moonlights as Robert Cahalys publicist.  (9/10)

Dear Newsweek: Please place an election season embargo on Trafalgar polls.  They are nothing more than a GOP wet dream.  Just like 2022.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (9/1)

Dear Eric Mack:  Remember the so-called 2022 Red Wave?  Trafalgar polls are nothing but a GOP wet dream.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (9/1) 

June-August 2024

Remember 2022?  Well, here they go again!  (8/30)

Trafalgar's Robert Cahaly:  Just what you'd expect from a "pollster" who promoted a nonexistent "Red Wave" in 2022

Dear Sean Hannity:  Trafalgar's Robert Cahaly deals in GOP wet-dream fantasies.  If he sez Trump is up 2 in Georgia, he's actually down 5.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (8/2/2024)

Are the pollsters and political reporters making the same rush to judgment they did in 2022?  (6/10)

December 2023

Best to take any poll from Trafalgar with a grain of salt.  (12/6)

November 2023

America's most pilloried pollster thinks Republican's bad night in Virginia won't tarnish Glenn Youngkin.  (11/8)

October 2023

The only trend here is Robert Cahaly being WRONG WRONG WRONG like he was in 2022.  (10/29)

February 2023

Trafalgar leaves deep and lasting stain on polling profession with off-the-charts dreadful performance in 2022 midterms.  (2/13)

 

January 2023

RULE #1: Never take a Trafalgar poll at face valve (RNC chair election edition).  (1/27)

RULE #1:  Never take a Trafalgar poll at face valve (Border security edition).  (1/27)

RULE #1:  Never take a Trafalgar poll at face value (RNC edition).  (1/26)

Day 61 of Robert C. Cahaly's self-imposed exile.  (1/7)

FiveThirtyEight reports Trafalgar poll with a straight face.  (1/6)

December 2022

In a year when conservative pollsters tried to drive the election narrative, Politico sez "HOORAY " for polls.  (12/31)
Rule #1: Never cite a Trafalgar poll to bolster your argument.  (12/24)

November 2022

And then there were those Trafalgar fantasy polls.  (11/21)

Since Election Day, we have been listening to 'The Sounds of Silence" by Robert C. Cahaly.  (11/16)

Looking forward to Trafalgar's first fantasy poll of the 2024 GOP presidential campaign shit show.  (11/16)

Governor's race in Arizona.  (11/16)

Governor's race in Colorado.  (11/16)

Governor's race in New York.  (11/15)

Governor's rate in Michigan.  (11/11)

Governor's race in Minnesota.  (11/16)

Governor's race in Minnesota.  (11/16)

Governor's race in Pennsylvania.  (11/14)

Governor's race in Wisconsin.  (11/14)

Senate race in Arizona.  (11/15)

Senate race in Colorado.  (11/14)

Senate race in Nevada.  (11/14)

Senate race in New Hampshire.  (11/14)

Senate race in Pennsylvania.  (11/14)

Senate race in Vermont.  (11/11)

Senate race in Washington.  (11/11)

GET ME REWRITE: More evidence that far-right Ottawa Impact members Joe Moss and Sylvia Rhodea must go

 

Headline:  mlive, 10/11/2024

Revolving door of administrators

After announcing plans in September to resign and then agreeing to stay on longer, Ottawa County Interim Administrator Jon Anderson has again announced he will leave the post. 

Anderson confirmed Monday, Oct. 14, that he tendered his resignation Sunday. 

Anderson was appointed interim administrator in March after former county Administrator John Gibbs was fired for misconduct.

Related posts:

October 2024

Reviews are in for far-right Ottawa Impact:   They suck!.  (10/12)

Once again far right members of Ottawa Impact ignore the rules.  (10/11)

Serving the community is the last things on the minds of far-right Ottawa Impact members.  (10/3)

September 2024

Thanks to the incompetents @OttawaImpact, the county has to pay out another big settlement.  (9/13)

Two defeated members of far-right Ottawa Impact take desperate measures to regain their seats on Ottawa County Commission.  (9/12)

Ottawa County recounts confirms that far-right Ottawa Impact member lost his primary by more than 1000 votes.  (9/1)

August 2024

Maybe Ottawa County Michigan voters should demand that the incompetent members of far-right Ottawa Impact pay the tab.  (8/26)

Far-fight Ottawa Impact member Roger Belknap is in denial.  (8/21)

Trump-appointed judge sides with far-right members of Ottawa impact.  (8/17)

Lots of excitement over the 'bust' of far-right Ottawa Impact on primary election night.  (8/16)

Far-right ideologue and Ottawa Impact founder Joe Moss opens the door for Democrats in red Ottawa County.  (8/13)

From burst to bust:  (8/12)

Far-right Ottawa Impact member Joe Moss will need to build a coalition in order to remain chair of Ottawa County Commission.  (8/8)

Far-right Ottawa Impact incumbent Roger Belknap loses to moderate Republican by 15 percentage points.  (8/7)

2024 primary election Ottawa County Commission:  Far-right Ottawa Impact incumbent Gretchen Crosby gets crush by moderate Republican.  (8/7)

July 2024

Far-right Ottawa Impact Clown show on Ottawa County Commission leads to GOP split.  (7/30)

Far-right Ottawa Impact member Roger Belknap too busy applying clown make-up to talk with news media.  (7/27)

Former Ottawa County administrator looks for payback against far-right conservative Ottawa Impact.  (7/27)

Far-right Ottawa Impact member Kendra Wenzel too busy applying clown make-up to talk with news media.  (7/25)

Ottawa County Commission news: Recalled in May, far-right Ottawa Impact member Lucy Ebel looks to make a comeback.  (7/23)

Far-right Ottawa Impact member Gretchen Crosby too busy applying clown make-up to talk with news media.  (7/22)

GOP moderates push back against Ottawa Impact Clown Show.  (7/20)

Ottawa County Commission's clown show leadership fractures county GOP. (7/1/2024)

 

June 2024

Newly elected commissioner fights back against Ottawa County Commission clown show leadership.  (6/22)

Yet another reason to boot these two clowns out of office.  (6/19)

Trickle-Down Effect: MAGA meltdown in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (6/17)

If you had county commission leadership like this, you’d drink, too!  (6/13)

Another reason to boot these two clowns out of office.  (6/12)

Momentum against clown show otherwise known as Ottawa Impact continues to grow.  (6/4)

May 2024

Crackpots at Ottawa County (Michigan) Republican Party endorse Ottawa Impact crackpots on Board of Commissioners.  (5/26) 

Voters in Ottawa County Michigan would be wise to show Joe Moss the door in August primary election.  (5/17)

Ottawa Impact Looney Tunes Clown Show:  Danger, amateurs at work!.  (5/16/)

Lucy Ebel recall marks beginning of the end for ultra-right Impact Ottawa Looney Tunes Clown Show Circus.  (5/8)

It's feeding time at the public trough for the clueless incompetents at Impact Ottawa.  (5/7)

Impact Ottawa plans to reward their incompetence with 60% pay raise  (5/3)

April 2024

Clueless, tone-deaf Impact Ottawa members stock up on political kryptonite in advance of re-election campaigns.  (4/27)

Impact Ottawa members sign up to be foot soldiers in the GOP war on women.  (4/25)

Clueless incompetents at Impact Ottawa give voters a big incentive to vote blue.  (4/19)

Dear voters of Ottawa County Michigan, Please fire this ultra-incompetent cast of Ottawa Impact Looney Tunes characters.  (4/17)

Ottawa County Board continues to be a hot mess.  (4/8)

"Who is that clown on the Ottawa County Board?" asks mlive. (4.6)

Members of incompetent Ottawa Impact Clown Show dig themselves into deep re-election hole (4/1)

March 2024.  

Many Ottawa County residents are getting sick and tired of the Ottawa Impact Clown Show,  (3/25)

When it comes lack of governance skills, members of Michigan's Ottawa County Board are gold medal incompetents.  (3/20)

Wonder how voters fells about far-right Ottawa Impact spendthrift ways.  (3/18)

Ottawa County (Michigan) voters are sick and tired of far-right Impact Ottawa bullshit.  (3/17)

Far-right Ottawa Impact members look to grow membership of MAGA Team Drool. (3/16)

If young adults vote in the next Ottawa County Board election, far-right Impact Ottawa members are toast.  (3/15)

How much loonier can things get on the Ottawa County Board?  There is no bottom. (3/13)

Ottawa Impact Looney Tunes Show gets poor reviews.  (3/11)

Conservative law firm earns $730K rides the crazy Ottawa Impact gravy train. (3/10)

Hey, hey, there's gonna be a showdown in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (3/9)

Trump fanboy gets the hook.  (3/2)

John Gibbs says something we already know about the Ottawa County Board .  (3/1)

February 2024 

In a humiliating turnabout, hard-right Ottawa County Board votes unanimously to keep top health official they tried so hard to remove.  (2/28)

Far-right wackos on Michigan's Ottawa County Board give a master class in how not to conduct employee relations.  (2/27)

Candidate endorsed by Trump to unseat Peter Meijer in Congress finds himself in a whirlwind of chaos in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (2/24)

Meet the stumblebums of Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/23)

With far-right Ottawa Impact wackos in control, litigation shit continues to hit the fan. (2/22)

Chris Vander Sys challenges Ottawa Impact whackjob Gretchen Cosby for seat on Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/21)

Chris Vander Sys challenges Ottawa Impact whackjob Gretchen Cosby for seat on Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/21)

Former Ottawa County Board commissioner hopes to win seat back from far-right Ottawa Impact whackjob.  (2/20)

Far-right whackjobs on Michigan's Ottawa County Board prefer to let less fortunate constituents starve to death.  (2/19)

Meet Roger Belknap, the most cretinous member of Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/18)

Prayer by Episcopal minister reveals homophobic makeup of Ottawa County Board. (2/17)

Ottawa County board member breaks away from his crackpot Impact Ottawa colleagues. (2/15)

The continuing shit show that is Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/14)

Looney Tunes Festival otherwise known as Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (2/7)

January 2024

When county government turns into a series of Looney Tunes episodes.  (1/27)

It's time to cancel the Looney Tunes sideshow on Michigan's Ottawa County Board.  (1/26)

Cast of Looney Tunes takes over Ottawa (Michigan) County Board.  (1/17)

Days are numbered for MAGA whackos in Ottawa County, Michigan.  (1/1)

2023

Far-right GOP whackos imperil everyone's health care in Ottawa County Michigan.  (9/17)

Meet the deeply conservative members of the Ottawa (Michigan) County Board.  (8/25)

As its population increases, Ottawa County Michigan voters find less to like about a hardcore GOP.  (11/5)

2022

Homophobic voters in Michigan town give master class in how to cut off your nose to spite your face.  (11/22)

Dear Jamestown Charter Township Michigan residents, A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone. Best, Retiring Guy.  (7/25)

Greetings from Trump's America:  Ottawa County, Michigan, which is not as Trumpy, or as red, as it used to be.  (7/22)

Foxconned in Ohio: Just another empty promise or will Foxconn deliver this time? Stay tuned!

 

Photo by Retiring Guy

Headline:  Youngstown Business Journal, 10/10/2024

By the end of next year, Foxconn plans to have its electric Model C sport utility vehicle in production for the North American market, the company announced. 

Taiwan-based Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group, unveiled the slightly revised model during Hon Hai Tech Day in Taipei last week.

2024

More backpedaling and empty promises.  (10/10)

The swirling saga continues.  (8/16)

When Donald Trump stabbed Lordstown in the back.  (3/19)

Say goodbye, once and for all, to Lordstown Motors.  (3/17)

Lordstown (Ohio) Village Council inadvertently conducts master class in irony.  (1/17)

Foxconned in Ohio:  Still a big mess.  (1/2)

2023

November

Apparently, Youngstown Business Journal is a PR arm of Foxconn.  (11/22)

Foxconned in Ohio and Wisconsin.  (11/21)

Dear Henrik Fisker, Best not to hold your breath on the Foxconn deal.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (11/16)

What's for lunch?  (11/3)

Youngstown Business Journal getting snookered by Foxconn.  (11/1)

October 

With a straight face, business journal announces series to take readers inside the Ohio Foxconn.  (10/30)

Lordstown Endurance electric truck is a must to avoid.  (10/28)

The ongoing saga.  (10/24)

Foxconn serves up another empty promise to Lordstown.  (10/8)

After multiple deadline extensions, ex-CEO buys company assets .  (10/1)

September

Lordstown Motors debacle stumbles to a close.  (9/20)

Lordstown Motors down to zero?  (9/6)

Lordstown Motors debacle:  Better to lock the door and hide when Foxconn comes calling.  (9/5)

Illinois reporter recalls how Wisconsin governor Scott Walker got Foxconned.  (9/4)

Fisker enters follows the trail of Foxconn broken promises.  (9/2)

August

Foxconned in Ohio, just like we were in Wisconsin, Scott Walker.  (8/31)

Pollyanna lives in Lordstown.  (8/30)

Another passel of broken promises.  (8/23)

Apparently, former Ohio congressman Tim Ryan has never been to Wisconsin.  (8/15)

Lordstown Motors cautionary tale.  (8/10)

More evidence that everything that Foxconn touches in the USA turns to shit.  (8/8/)

Add Fisker to the list of those who have been Foxconned.  (8/6)

The production hell that was Lordstown Motors.  (8/2)

July

Another bad karma day for Lordstown Motors.  (7/28)

In the United States, it seems as though everything Foxconn touches turns to shit. (7/27)

More bad karma for Lordstown Motors.  (7/25)

Foxconn and Lordstown Motors engage in a war of words.  (7/24)

Take the money and run.  (7/18)

Lordstown Motors corporate welfare debacle in Ohio.  (7/17)

Wisconn Valley.  Voltage Valley.  File under 'Foxconned'.  (7/16).

Read a review of an EV truck you'll never drive.  (7/12)

Add India to the list of places where Foxconn has pulled out.  (7/11)

Lordstown Motors debacle: Sounds like Foxconn has more mischief up its sleeve.  (7/11)

Lordstown Motors continues to swirl down the toilet.  (7/10)

June

Embattled Lordstown continues to make headlines.  (6/29)

It's another Foxconn debacle as Lordstown Motors files for bankruptcy.  (6/27)

Vote of 'no confidence' from Lordstown Motors founder Steve Burns.  (6/22)

InvestsorPlace warns that Lordstown Motors RIDE will crash and burn.  (6/14)

Foxconn goes from Wisconsin bamboozle to Lordstown chicanery.  (6/13)

Lordstown/Foxconn EV debacle on verge of morphing into legal slugfest.  (6/11)

You're in for a bad RIDE with Lordstown Motors according to InvestorPlace.  (6/10)

Foxconn debacle at Lordstown is running on empty.  (6/5)

Foxconn/Lordstown Endurance partnership:  And the hits just keep on coming.  (6/3)

It's all over town, Lordstown's Endurance lacks endurance.  (6/2)

May

The slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown becomes a gusher, part 2.  (5/29)

The slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown becomes a gusher, part 1.  (5/29)

Not making good on a pledge?  It's a Foxconn speciality!  (5/28)

Foxconn/Lordstown Motors deal.  Tick.....tick.....tick..... (5/24)

January

Slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown continues for Foxconn.  (3/19)

2022

Slow drip of bad news out of Lordstown continues.  (5/22)