LSJ Blogs: John Schneider

Truly needy, or ‘messing with our emotions’?

How should we respond to sign people — the ones standing at busy intersections begging for help?

Health insurance rates could give a guy a heart attack

Taking a cue from 83-year-old insurance protester Alice LaDuke, Steven Zaban has a beef of his own to air.

Class warfare, or common sense?

OK, I’m trying to see all sides of the issue … How is it NOT common sense that a millionaire’s tax rate should be at least as high as his secretary’s tax rate?

And if the district started investing heavily in lottery tickets …

Lansing Schools Super T.C. Wallace said of the scholarship fund that  COULD result from the casino that MAY have a snowball’ chance of being built in Lansing: “It’s an attractive program … and I think it will have a very positive impact on increasing enrollment.”

Hey, gamblers: Are we having fun yet?

The next time you go to a Michigan casino, look for the happy, dolled-up people you see in the casino TV commercials. Odds are, you won’t find them.

Cashless society tough on panhandlers

My colleague said he was inclined to give his spare change to a man shivering on a downtown street corner one day this week, but he’s all debit card these days.

At least he didn’t whip out a PowerPoint projector …

Even allowing for the fact that speeches like the State of the State are traditionally more theater than substance, Gov. Snyder bombed Wednesday night.

Circus slips into town undetected

The circus isn’t just coming to town, it’s already here — at the Lansing Center, now through Sunday — and I haven’t heard from a single animal-rights activist.

‘Shut your mouth; war is hell’

In case you missed it, U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida castigated those who criticized the Marines for urinated on corpses.

Bob’s head disappears

So, a man (or woman) walks into a locally famous  bar … and walks out, undetected, with the head of the bar’s founder, cast in bronze.