The REAL holy grail?
[donation] By Joel Thurtell It was bad enough that the Detroit Free Press on Monday, September 16, 2008 failed to mention on Page One the bankruptcy of the huge Wall Street investment bank Lehman...
View ArticleAll my sins — and more
[donation] By Joel Thurtell Man, are my ears burning. A reader named “Ricky” really socked it to me in a pair of caustic comments last weekend. I’m still reeling. My sense of self is in total tumult....
View ArticleBing-O! He helped oust Kwame, now wants job
[donation] By Joel Thurtell Was I on the money, or what? Dave Bing, the Detroit businessman and onetime basketball star who pressured Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and Jennifer Granholm to remove...
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Matty on my mind
[donation] By Joel Thurtell Now I know how Detroit Free Press editors must have felt when they saw how many website hits Oops! You're not supposed to see a photo of this truck going over Matty Moroun's...
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Playing ball with Matty
By Joel Thurtell Matty doesn’t get it. Batter up! Softball game at ball diamond in Detroit’s Riverside Park Extension, part of which has been seized by Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun. Joel...
View ArticleFree Press enemies list
Free Press enemies list 10/20/08 [donation] By Joel Thurtell Thanks to Metro Times columnist Jack Lessenberry for tipping his columnist’s hat and sending more readers to joelontheroad.com. In his...
View ArticleOff guard: Prosecution by newspaper
By Joel Thurtell Motives are important, even in the newspaper business. And in newspapers, business is a prime motive, though often unspoken. There’s that glass wall between business and editorial,...
View ArticlePublic interest or bunk?
By Joel Thurtell Odd bit of irony in the Sunday, April 12, 2009 Detroit Free Press article. The latest sport is skewering Detroit 36th District Judge Ruth Carter for caustic comments she made in text...
View ArticleThose Free Press pumpkins
By Joel Thurtell During the McCarthy period, spy-hunting journalist Whittaker Chambers hid rolls of film in a pumpkin. In the most amazing Detroit Free Press story I’ve ever read, I learned today,...
View ArticleSPIKING THE SUPER BOWL PIZZZA
Spiking the Super Bowl Pizza Breaking news January 20, 2021 – In a parting shot at anyone who believes in rule of law, the now former President, Donald Trump, commuted the prison sentence of disgraced...
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