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James David Dickson

James David Dickson

James David Dickson is the managing editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential, a daily news site of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Dickson grew up in Inkster and now hails from Ferndale. After starting his career in 2007-2008 with a one-year fellowship at The American Spectator, Dickson then had stops at The Detroit News and two newspapers in Ann Arbor. He returned to the Detroit News in 2012, and stayed for a decade.
by | Nov 14, 2022

It’s official: Michigan is a blue state now. It happened faster than anyone thought possible. This time four years ago,…

by | May 28, 2008

Senator William Turner wants to make his vision of the American Dream a reality. The costs of his program are…

by | May 22, 2008

Libertarian Party presidential candidate — and former American Spectator Contributing Editor — Bob Barr has to prove this weekend, in…

by | May 14, 2008

The Boston Herald has apologized to the New England Patriots for its false “report” that the 2001 Patriots taped the…

by | May 13, 2008

That the West Virginia Mountaineers might be closer to a national championship in football than the Michigan Wolverines is perhaps…

by | Apr 29, 2008

ESPN.com reports that the Philadelphia Eagles, my sterling example of how not to handle a disgruntled player who wants out,…

by | Apr 29, 2008

“Anyone who doesn’t want to be here, please leave,” yelled Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis after his team’s nationally televised…

by | Apr 26, 2008

The late Sean Taylor is always going to be a part of Redskins lore. The Washington Redskins are picking 21st…

by | Apr 25, 2008

“‘Do they support us back home?’ That was a common question [from the troops] — which surprised me,” said Alison…

by | Mar 11, 2008

It wasn’t until Atlantic reporter Joshua Green called former state representative Danny Carroll that Carroll started to understand what hit…

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