Living On the Diagonal

SOLIDARITY SURGES IN POLAND EXCEEDS USA FIGHT FOR A TRUE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT Dateline Warsaw December 19, 2016 The Washington Post  caught me off-guard with a piece written by  Anthony Faiola  entitled " In Poland, a window on what happens when populists come to power,"  a piece Americans need to read. FOR A SECOND WEEKEND THOUSANDS OF POLES PROTEST THE GOVERNMENT "On a frigid recent evening in Warsaw", thousands of Poles "marched to protest the new government. This is the street opposition — the people terrified by what they see unfolding in Poland." My first impression is that the United States should take note of the courage of the Polish people in their push for Freedom of the Media and other issues. Poles are taking to the streets and pushing their government and promoting a similar Progressive Movement that has been stalled over the past eighteen months in the USA.  However, while our election year became increasingly ...

DETROIT NO LONGER A CITY OF MOANS  BUT ROARS! Or Consumer Driven Marketing Matthew Stafford Readies for a Snap with Injured Digit * Dateline Detroit, December 15, 2016 Much has been written about the demise of Our Great City of Detroit over the past four or five decades, once as The Murder Capitol , a torch lit tradition of Devil's Night, race riots and white flight, neighborhoods besieged by blight and high crime and other misdemeanors and a history of scandal and corruption within local politics. If this were not enough, add the economic malaise followed by City Bankruptcy extending to General Motors and Chrysler. At the same time, Detroit became known as "The  City of Champions" dating back to an era before many sports fans were born. The Red Wings, Tigers and Pistons all labored to win a fair share of championships while the Detroit Lions whimpered along without touchdown glory for what is now fifty-nine (59) seasons with nary a Super Bowl ap...