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Detroit Newspapers in Education Bookstore Reading Works Free Press Charities Page and photo reprints MORE: Surviving Cancer: A special section Marathon eEdition Detroit bankruptcy High School Sports MitchAlbom.com Search Search in News Archives Local Deals Yellow Pages ADVERTISEMENT In Our Opinion Latest Blogs STAFF BLOGS / In Our Opinion Brian Dickerson: Whose primary is it, anyway? The revelation that the Michigan Democratic Party's presumptive gubernatorial nominee voted in the most recent Republican presidential primary won't strike most Michigan voters as much of a scandal, much less a stain on the nominee's political integrity. Jul. 26, 2014 OPINION / Meet the 5 worst mayors in Detroit history You've seen the best men to ever run the Motor City, now meet the crooks and worst leaders in Detroit's 313-year history. Jul. 23, 2014 STAFF BLOGS / In Our Opinion 1994 Free Press Editorial on charter schools: State experiment must put students' interests firsts In 1994, the Detroit Free Press Editorial wrote the following about the state's plans to allow charter schools in Michigan: "The charter-school concept is a popular education reform, but it is no instant or automatic panacea for what ails the nation's or the state's schools. The success of charter schools will depend on good planning, attentive follow-through, and placing children's interests above all else." Jun. 22, 2014 OPINION / Commentary Stephen Henderson: Think taxes are evil? Well, go ask Minnesota Lawmakers in Michigan, where the economy has been on a steady but slow rebound for the past four years, ought to be thinking pretty hard about what has gone on in Minnesota, which has grown its economy – and per capita incomes in particular – much quicker. Jun. 19, 2014 STAFF BLOGS / In Our Opinion Mike Thompson: French back down on plan to charge D-Day ceremony fee Americans have a thing for France-bashing, but step back and remember that without French gunpowder and the French navy in our Revolutionary War, we'd be singing 'God Save the Queen' before baseball games. And let's also remember that Americans trashed the French relentlessly in the buildup to the second Iraq war because the French had the gall to suggest that we not invade. Whatever you may think of France's motives, the bottom line is they were right and we were wrong. Jun. 6, 2014 STAFF BLOGS / In Our Opinion What a week! More on the Free Press' latest Pulitzer winner It's been an exciting week at the Detroit Free Press. Our Editorial Page Editor Stephen Henderson, the head of our editorial board, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary on Monday. It has been wonderful to see the reaction to his win. Here's a look at the coverage of Stephen's win and his work. 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