Dan Austin was doing important and inviting work with the past long before cancer muddled his future. As the founder and principal writer and researcher at HistoricDetroit.org , Austin has brought more than 1,100 of the city’s buildings, monuments and peo... See more
I can live with Comerica disappearing from Detroit after 177 short years. But when the collateral damage includes insulting our chili, I can't help but take an interest. Like other rapacious creatures, among them black widow spiders and chimpanzees, banks... See more
5 Jeopardy clues Jamie Ding got wrong. Can you get them right? Jamie Ding has answered correctly at an impressive pace during his winning streak on "Jeopardy!", but he hasn't gotten 'em all right. Can you set him straight on these five clues the "Jeopardy... See more
Jamie Ding has answered correctly at an impressive pace during his winning streak on " Jeopardy! ", but he hasn't gotten 'em all right. Can you set him straight on these five clues the "Jeopardy" phenom missed? To eliminate one incorrect possibility for e... See more
A dozen or so years ago, the people behind Michigan’s largest charity used book sale looked toward the future and didn’t see much. Their customers had taken to reading King and Kerouac on Kindle. Listening to Haley and Hawking on headsets. Squinting at Sh... See more
