Micheline Maynard
I’m a business journalist, author and podcaster, based in Ann Arbor.
- What a night of baseball. Javy Baez walks it off in the 11th for the Tigers. Justin Turner, age 40, walks it off in the bottom of the 9th for the Cubs. This is why we are fans.
- Meanwhile, Japanese women have been enrolling in universities in Canada, Britain and the USA, although you can expect our enrollments to drop. As a Japanese friend told me, women leave for college and don’t return.
- “Experts say” when something is clearly illegal is superfluous.
- Meanwhile, Pope Leo wears his comfy black shoes.
- When you see it as a chart…
- A 30% tariff on goods from China is still a 30% tariff. This is the peak time in holiday ordering season, which runs until around July 1. Merchants have about six weeks to decide whether they can price goods higher, eat the tariffs or skip ordering them this season.
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- I wonder if Bill Clinton wishes he could have taken a plane.
- Thrilled to see that Sinners has crossed the $200 million mark. As a fan of the blues and a history buff, I was bouncing in my seat. Even if you’re put off by vampires, go for the music and the lessons.
- Definitely illegal.
- On the BBC: “We just don’t know what is going on in Donald Trump’s head.” Same, England.
- I just re-listened to the BBC to make sure I heard it correctly. Yes, Trump announced it, but there was already a deal.
- There’s our ace.
- By all rights, the U.S. should be represented, too. But, no.
- Skub rules.
- Prediction: China will wait it out.
- I mean, come on. This is not how trade negotiations work. www.axios.com/2025/05/09/c...
- Perfect.
- Ding, ding, ding - a Michigan connection. The pope attended St. Augustine Seminary HS in Holland, MI. It is no longer there.
- I rode the City of New Orleans from Nola to Chicago.
- It is a glorious day in Michigan and the lilacs are blooming.
- As it was and ever shall be, amen!
- A pope who rode the L. Went to Comiskey or Wrigley or Soldier’s Field. Maybe ate in the Walnut Room under the Marshall Field’s tree with his family. Got stuck in traffic on LSD. Took a school trip to the Museum of Science and Industry. Met a Daley. Kinda gives you chills.
