A reposting of today's blog by Raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Staved and his new book The Value of Nothing. "My friend Bill K recently sent three pieces about an idea that crops up in The Value of Nothing – The Right to the ...

Its been a quiet blog lately, you could almost say "too quiet". Is this the winding down of the site that I claimed to be more than just a bunch of talking heads? Where's the radio show? Where are those brilliantly organized guest speakers by Chris ...

Editors pick: What a difference a river makes with mayors Mayor Dave Bing has appealed to Detroit's suburban neighbors to work with his administration and help pull his struggling, near-bankrupt city from its financial mire for the ...

I know, I know. Green jobs in the Automotive Capital of Canada. Whoda thunk? So when my friend Suzanne sent me this info, I knew I had to forward it along to my fellow SDers. Position: Residential Account Manager Organization: OYA Energy Inc http://www.oyaenergy.ca Location: Windsor, Ontario, ...

You've got to hand it to the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association.  They're moving the discussion forward in positive ways.  If you haven't checked out their new blog, you need to head over there.  Managed by downtown businessman Tom Lucier (if I only had ...

If there was one thing I could do in 2010, it would be to inspire the electorate to demand better out of their elected representatives. We seem to feel we are special case here in Windsor. We feel we either don't deserve to have progressive, responsive politicians, or we don't ...

Recently on another thread, we touched on the fact of whether housing should be destroyed to make room for Rexall's and shoppers. The debate touched on the fact that these businesses don't hurt local independent businesses and if the almighty market demanded them then what do we care? PRoblem is that ...

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