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Priced putting a heat pump in our MI home when our gas furnace failed and the unit itself would have been 2-3 times the price to install and way more to run and because it's an older home it would have needed supplemental and expensive electric resistive heating on colder days. We went with gas.
January 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Priced putting a heat pump in our MI home when our gas furnace failed and the unit itself would have been 2-3 times the price to install and way more to run and because it's an older home it would have needed supplemental and expensive electric resistive heating on colder days. We went with gas.
I live in one of the fastest growing areas on Michigan (Traverse City) and the local jurisdictions are failing to upzone fast or enough to allow more housing and we are facing a housing affordability crisis. The idea that these local governments will "partner" their way into upzoning is laughable.
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I live in one of the fastest growing areas on Michigan (Traverse City) and the local jurisdictions are failing to upzone fast or enough to allow more housing and we are facing a housing affordability crisis. The idea that these local governments will "partner" their way into upzoning is laughable.
One of those places not being Michigan, unfortunately, especially mostly likely northern lower Michigan where I live:
news.umich.edu/overcoming-b...
news.umich.edu/overcoming-b...
Overcoming barriers to heat pump adoption in cold climates and avoiding the 'energy poverty trap'
Converting home heating systems from natural gas furnaces to electric heat pumps is seen as a way to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
news.umich.edu
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One of those places not being Michigan, unfortunately, especially mostly likely northern lower Michigan where I live:
news.umich.edu/overcoming-b...
news.umich.edu/overcoming-b...
News flash! Men and boys are on average much stronger and faster than women and girls. Now back to your regular scheduled programming...
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
News flash! Men and boys are on average much stronger and faster than women and girls. Now back to your regular scheduled programming...
Yes, appeals to evidence and reason. Classic troll moves there. You got me dead to rights.
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Yes, appeals to evidence and reason. Classic troll moves there. You got me dead to rights.
Yeah, there's no evidence of trans athletes simply outperforming cis athletes. It's all just, in your words, "fear mongering". And what does hate have to do with holding fair competions on a level playing field. I know, let's eliminate gendered sports altogether! Makes about as much sense.
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Yeah, there's no evidence of trans athletes simply outperforming cis athletes. It's all just, in your words, "fear mongering". And what does hate have to do with holding fair competions on a level playing field. I know, let's eliminate gendered sports altogether! Makes about as much sense.
That's because it's a good issue for the right. By far most parents of high school kids don't think that trans kids should be able to compete against cis kids in sports. Because it's not fair to the cis kids that make up the overwhelming majority of competitors. It's not that hard to understand.
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That's because it's a good issue for the right. By far most parents of high school kids don't think that trans kids should be able to compete against cis kids in sports. Because it's not fair to the cis kids that make up the overwhelming majority of competitors. It's not that hard to understand.
So what, as an attorney, am I supposed to do or not do in regard to Trump being in office? Seems to me that Trump has proven that the "law" is simply a question of who has the power to say what the law is.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So what, as an attorney, am I supposed to do or not do in regard to Trump being in office? Seems to me that Trump has proven that the "law" is simply a question of who has the power to say what the law is.
Respectfully, no, it's not. At least in this clip all he's saying that it's reasonable to not one to live next to people who are unlike you. Are you saying otherwise? Are we somehow morally and/or legally obliged to live with people we may find objectionable for some reason?
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Respectfully, no, it's not. At least in this clip all he's saying that it's reasonable to not one to live next to people who are unlike you. Are you saying otherwise? Are we somehow morally and/or legally obliged to live with people we may find objectionable for some reason?
Con law when I took it was largely liberal law professors relating elaborate flimsy philosophical justifications for why the decisions of the liberal SCOTUS were correct when it was perfectly clear that they were merely the normative preferences of certain liberal majorities. Great principle.
September 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Con law when I took it was largely liberal law professors relating elaborate flimsy philosophical justifications for why the decisions of the liberal SCOTUS were correct when it was perfectly clear that they were merely the normative preferences of certain liberal majorities. Great principle.
Not going to happen in Michigan (where I live), or California, or any other of the many states with limit on property tax increases YOY. Huge disincentive to downsize from your long-time residence when you would face a much larger property tax bill on a much smaller residence. Huge policy failure.
September 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Not going to happen in Michigan (where I live), or California, or any other of the many states with limit on property tax increases YOY. Huge disincentive to downsize from your long-time residence when you would face a much larger property tax bill on a much smaller residence. Huge policy failure.
Yes, Americans will be horrified when they learn that Colombia will no longer be able to discriminate in admissions on the basis of race. The horror. The horror.
July 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Yes, Americans will be horrified when they learn that Colombia will no longer be able to discriminate in admissions on the basis of race. The horror. The horror.
Columbia will be unable to discriminate against applicants on the basis of their race? The horror!
July 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Columbia will be unable to discriminate against applicants on the basis of their race? The horror!
No, actually I don't, FWIW.
July 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No, actually I don't, FWIW.
As a fellow Michigan native and TC resident the idea of restoring passenger rail to my town is tragic when you consider how much more transit you could buy in Detroit and GR for folks that really need it.
June 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
As a fellow Michigan native and TC resident the idea of restoring passenger rail to my town is tragic when you consider how much more transit you could buy in Detroit and GR for folks that really need it.
A ban on using race in college admissions appears to be largely popular. How is the SCOTUS ruling in that regard then "anti-democratic"? In the sense that in a democracy the views of the majority should largely prevail.
news.gallup.com/poll/548528/...
news.gallup.com/poll/548528/...
Post-Affirmative Action, Views on Admissions Differ by Race
Nearly seven in 10 Americans support the Supreme Court's ban on race in college admissions, with mixed reactions among different racial groups.
news.gallup.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A ban on using race in college admissions appears to be largely popular. How is the SCOTUS ruling in that regard then "anti-democratic"? In the sense that in a democracy the views of the majority should largely prevail.
news.gallup.com/poll/548528/...
news.gallup.com/poll/548528/...
Why do you think this is? I'm an attorney and I would think it's because of the huge time demands put on top tier attorneys at big firms not being compatible with the demands of child- and elder-care. I'm floored that my friend who's a partner at a top 10 firm still works 60 hour weeks at age 56.
March 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Why do you think this is? I'm an attorney and I would think it's because of the huge time demands put on top tier attorneys at big firms not being compatible with the demands of child- and elder-care. I'm floored that my friend who's a partner at a top 10 firm still works 60 hour weeks at age 56.
UP of Michigan and northern WI and MN will be largely unaffected for quite some time IMO from any catastrophic impacts. But that's not saying much as winters are dying as well as are native tree species.
March 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
UP of Michigan and northern WI and MN will be largely unaffected for quite some time IMO from any catastrophic impacts. But that's not saying much as winters are dying as well as are native tree species.
Oh that. Dream on.
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Oh that. Dream on.
So what are they supposed to do, other than express their displeasure (which they're not doing, have no intention of doing, and wouldn't make a difference if they did)?
February 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So what are they supposed to do, other than express their displeasure (which they're not doing, have no intention of doing, and wouldn't make a difference if they did)?
Trump is flouting the law. What power does Congress have to stop this other than to take action in the courts, which is what is happening already?
February 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump is flouting the law. What power does Congress have to stop this other than to take action in the courts, which is what is happening already?
A certain, mostly progressive part of the US population appears to be of the belief that the "energy transition" is inevitable and coming quickly and, therefore, nothing needs to be done in terms of personal sacrifice to head off the worst impacts of climate change. And clearly that is not true.
January 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A certain, mostly progressive part of the US population appears to be of the belief that the "energy transition" is inevitable and coming quickly and, therefore, nothing needs to be done in terms of personal sacrifice to head off the worst impacts of climate change. And clearly that is not true.
Didn't read the article but not sure I need to. All constitutional questions are inherently political given how vague the constitution is. Roe was not the result of solving a math equation. Neither was Dobbs. Silly to pretend otherwise.
January 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Didn't read the article but not sure I need to. All constitutional questions are inherently political given how vague the constitution is. Roe was not the result of solving a math equation. Neither was Dobbs. Silly to pretend otherwise.
Do you prefer the guy who's replacing him?
December 22, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Do you prefer the guy who's replacing him?