James Melton

Creative business journalist, PR professional and manager with more than 20 years experience writing and editing copy for print and online business publications and radio. Experience includes leading teams, supervising staff and freelance writers and launching new initiatives. Specialties: Writing; editing; some HTML (enough to make me dangerous to myself and others); I’m generally good with technology. I also am one of those people who knows a little about a lot of things.

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Supreme Court to take up Obamacare contraception case

The fight over implementing parts of the health care reform law could soon move to the U.S. Supreme Court

But, should corporations actually get to have First-Amendment rights? 

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Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov captures the intricacies of real snowflakes. 

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News from @AP: Former hostages react to Iran's nuclear deal:

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Prove the Critics Wrong: Save the DIA - The Detroit News

Michigan talks a lot about making things 'world class.' With the DIA, we have something that really is in that category.

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Chess club helps Detroit kids find their way forward, one move at a time

One of the little-known gems of the Detroit Institute of Arts is on display, but not on the walls.

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'Good job, teach': Educators emerge as heroes in Okla. tragedy - TODAY.com

As stories of survival emerged from sites devastated Monday by the Oklahoma tornado, so did accounts of the heroic actions of teachers...

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ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?

Both.

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"I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice."

Theodore Parker (August 24, 1810–May 10, 1860)

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“Success may not come quickly or easily. But if you strive to do what’s right, if you work harder and dream bigger, if you set an example in your own lives and do your part to help meet the challenges of our time, then I’m confident that, together, we will continue the never-ending task of perfecting our union.” —President Obama to Morehouse College graduates, 5/19/13.

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James Melton on the Detroit News Politics Blog -

Everything I have contributed to this blog so far. 

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AP case shows need to rein in federal power -- and posturing

The best and quickest fix would be for Congress to act. The federal media shield bill deserves quick passage.

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Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won’t. Not ever.

Thanks largely to the efforts of Donald Trump, it is abundantly clear that birtherism has survived the ...

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Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won't. Not ever.

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