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Wednesday, June 29, 2005


I Might Go to the Detroit Fireworks. Except That I Might GET SHOT.
How about a fireworks show in Detroit? It might be a good idea--if you don't get shot. Nine people suffered that fate last year.

My fellow Detroit News blogger George Bullard has this to say:

One persistent problem for Detroit is the baseline for conversation on improving the city.

Take, for example, the huge fireworks display planned for tonight. Much of the ink isn't on the size of the display or the expected weather or the festive mood.

Rather, people discuss whether the party goers will get shot if they come downtown for the show.

Eminem, accused of fomenting violence against gays and against women, will perform at the fireworks to improve its image.

"Justice Louis D. Brandeis'?s metaphor of the states as "laboratories" for policy experiments ... had almost nothing to do with federalism and everything to do with his commitment to scientific socialism. .... To this day, it continues to inhibit a truly experimental, federalist politics." -- Michael S. Greve

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