The economic destruction of Michigan continues.
As I write this, I am looking out my front window and observing my neighbors across the street load up a Ryder truck. They have decided not to pay their mortgage and are abandoning their home.
Two days ago, the superintendent of the school district in which I teach announced a raft of Christmastime teacher layoffs - I survived - and noted that there will likely be a mid-year realignment of student and teacher class schedules to make up for the loss.
Oh, and the only retail bookstore in my town, Waldenbooks, is about to close.