Michael J. Reitz

@MackinacCenter executive vice president. @DetNewsOpinion regular contributor.

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Regulations are costly, arbitrary and inhibit entrepreneurship.

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Kevin Guskiewicz's abrupt departure from MSU animates the debate over how to pick trustees for public universities. Is it better to elect trustees or have the governor appoint them? My colleague @JamesHohman examined this question last year.

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Sports broadcasting, '1984' and political spin -- all in my latest for @DetNewsOpinion.

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Too often, political leaders use language that sells but does not inform. Here are some of the code words.

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Unions regularly claim to be the most democratic institutions in America, but they’ve written the rules to avoid reelection votes by their own members.

This week @KimReynoldsIA signed SF 472, which will require government unions to stand for retention elections.

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People are free to speak out for or against a tax hike. But that advocacy shouldn’t be bankrolled by taxpayers.

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An AI tool just told me: The task you asked me to do looks hard. Here's 1% of what you asked for. Please confirm that you want me to complete the task you just requested.

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@BobDinMI This one's a little older. https://t.co/5R8T0aYSGN

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Saginaw Township voters rejected a school bond by 15 points. The same voters favored @ChedrickGreene (D) over @TunneyforSenate (R) by nearly 10 points.

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Saginaw Township voters said "no" to a school bond ... for the third time.

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@BenSasse is dying. Rather than retreating into seclusion, he is sharing his vision for America.

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My latest in @DetNewsOpinion

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The ideal election policy is easy to state and hard to achieve. Here's a tool to help analyze various proposals.
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Here's my idea for Sunshine Week: Let people use AI tools to retrieve FOIA records from gov't agencies.

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"Michigan’s lockdown architects are lining up to tell us it was a mistake."

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If the bills help inform people that the actions of the MI Public Service Commission directly affect family budgets, that's a win.

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Don’t have a dog in this fight but these are not serious policy proposals. These are political headline makers. This would work about as well as certain university boards but the effects actually matter to people.