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Dan Calabrese
 Dan
is the co-founder and editor in chief of
North Star Writers Group. His journalism
career began at Western Michigan University,
where he served as editor in chief of the
Western Herald,
followed by various stints of no particular
note at newspapers around Michigan, including the
Macomb
Daily,
the
Royal Oak Daily Tribune,
the Journal Newspapers in Wayne County and the
Grand Rapids Business Journal.
Thinking he could trade in journalism for an
honest living, Dan embarked upon a series of
"real jobs" in politics and public
relations, and found himself owning his own
PR firm in 1999.
After seven
years of trying to convince himself and
others that he could be a respectable
businessman - wearing a suit, sitting in an
office and telling people to do stuff - Dan
realized he had only ever been good at two
things in his life. Those were
writing/reporting and washing dishes at
Minnie's Seafood in Southfield, Michigan.
Minnie's is long
gone, so that option's shot, but Dan would
rather work in a restaurant than a newsroom,
so he has taken up residence at
Bagel Beanery in Wyoming, Michigan,
sitting in the window and running North Star
Writers Group.
It beats working
- although he's willing to wash dishes if
they ask.
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Dan's
Previous Columns
Mississippi Mauling: The Republican Strategy for
Congressional Self-Destruction - May 15, 2008
Disrespected Conservatives: Only Yourselves to
Blame - May 12, 2008
The
Associated Press Economy . . . and the Real One
- May 5, 2008
What
Happened to the Recession? Surprise! Bush
Expansion Continues - May 1, 2008
Women
Will Always Make Less for ‘Equal Work’ - April
28, 2008
Hey
Hamas! You Want Jimmy Carter? You’re Welcome To
Him - April 21, 2008
Thank
You, Dick Cheney, For Approving Torture - April
14, 2008
Tragedy for Democrats: Thanks to Gen. Petraeus,
Victory Is Achievable in Iraq - April 8, 2008
Hillary Clinton and Watergate: Corroboration of
‘Stupid, Politically Tone-Deaf’ Behavior - April
7, 2008
Barack Obama: The Man Who Will Make Our Problems
Go Away - April 3, 2008
Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary
Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior -
March 31, 2008
How
Could Hillary Clinton Be So Stupid? The Question
Answers Itself - March 27, 2008
A John
McCain Victory Would Put Bush in Elite Company -
March 24, 2008
Barack
Obama: Racial Healer, Class Warrior - March 20,
2008
Saddam’s Terror Ties, and the New York Times’
Lies - March 17, 2008
Stop
Freaking Out: Even In a Recession, the Economy
is Strong - March 10, 2008
Five
Reasons John McCain Will Be Our Next President -
March 6, 2008
Hey,
AP: The Goal In Iraq Is to Win, Not to Leave -
March 3, 2008
The
Hillary Clinton Myth Unravels At Last - February
28, 2008
So,
Missile Defenses Work; Will Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton Support It? - February 25, 2008
Clinton, Obama Help Terrorists; Will John McCain
Make Them Pay? - February 21, 2008
Barack
Obama is Disturbing, But Don’t Tell Anyone!
(Yet) - February 18, 2008
Chelsea Clinton Gets Pimped! Maybe Fake Outrage
Will Get Hillary Votes - February 11, 2008
Ask
Rush Limbaugh If Conservatism Cares About
America - February 7, 2008
In the
Absence of a True Conservative, How About a True
Leader? - February 4, 2008
Not
That You’ve Heard, But Bush’s Last Move May
Earmark His Legacy - January 31, 2008
A
Conservative Looks for Reasons to Believe in
John McCain - January 28, 2008
Fred
Thompson Wasn’t a Conservative Champion, But
Then No One Is - January 24, 2008
Coming
Recession? No Need For a ‘Stimulus Package’ to
Tinker With the Cycle - January 21, 2008
Obama
Lets Race-Mongering Hillary Off the Hook -
January 18, 2008
Mitt
Romney to the Rescue, So Michigan Can Remain
Ridiculous - January 14, 2008
My
Fellow Evangelicals Blow It By Supporting Mike
Huckabee - January 8, 2008
Hillary Clinton’s Down; Now Finish Her Off -
January 7, 2008
Why Does Giuliani Talk
About 9/11? Why Doesn't Everyone? - January 1,
2008
Benazir Bhutto’s Killers Prove They’re Scared of
Democracy - December 31, 2007
Will
Smith Crosses the Line, But Why Do We Need a
Line? - December 27, 2007
The
‘War on Christmas’: Just What James Dobson
Always Wanted - December 24, 2007
With
Democrats Like These, Who Needs a Majority? -
December 20, 2007
Just
Say It, President Bush: ‘Yes, We Waterboard’ -
December 17, 2007
Why No
Democratic Love for Bill Richardson? - December
13, 2007
Iran
Report: Democrats, Ahmedinejad Celebrate
Together - December 10, 2007
Mitt
Romney Addresses JFK's Issues, But Not His Own -
December 7, 2007
America Weighs In On Jennifer Love Hewitt's
Butt - December 4, 2007
Hillary Clinton Exploits Near-Tragedy; Media
Praise Her For It - December 3, 2007
Waterboarding and Stephen King's Tortured Logic -
November 29, 2007
Stem Cell Silence: Maybe Democrats Want to Destroy
Embryos - November 26, 2007
Thanksgiving: The Unique and Unheralded Blessings
of America - November 22, 2007
Halloween Horror! Julie Myers and the Latest
Scandal About Nothing - November 19, 2007
Stop the
Romney/Huckabee Cat Fight! Here’s the Fix for Illegal Immigration -
November 15, 2007
Smoking is Dumb, But a Higher Cigarette Tax is
Even Dumber - November 12, 2007
Ferris Obama's Days Off - November 8, 2007
Hillary Clinton Tough? As You Now See, No -
November 5, 2007
Rudy Giuliani is a Conservative, Whether Purists
Believe It or Not - November 1, 2007
Supply-Side Economics: Jonathan Chait and His
Liberal Lens Miss the Point - October 29, 2007
Democrats' Vows Not to Attack Iran May Ensure that
Bush Does - October 25, 2007
Equipping 11-Year-Olds for Sex at King Middle
School - October 22, 2007
Nobel is Swell, But Do You Realize What Al Gore
Really Wants? - October 17, 2007
Sink the SCHIP: Get Rid of Health Insurance (Well,
Most of It) - October 15, 2007
Abortion Ban Will Never Happen; Pro-Life Movement
Needs New Plan - October 8, 2007
Dr. James Dobson's Temper Tantrum Makes Him
Hillary's Best Friend - October 4, 2007
Bush to UN: You’ve Neglected Your Mission, So
America Will Lead - October 1, 2007
Earth to Obama: Work and Wealth Are Not At War -
September 24, 2007
Genesis is Back, Striking a Blow for What's Real
and Uncool - September 20, 2007
Memo to Capitol Hill Republicans: Iraq Is Not
About You - September 17, 2007
Stop Commemorating 9/11 - September 13, 2007
Osama bin Laden: The Democrats Have Their Keynote
Speaker - September 10, 2007
Larry Craig's Inept Pursuit of Self-Interest -
September 6, 2007
The Foes of ‘Family Values’ Celebrate Larry
Craig’s Fall - September 3, 2007
Larry Craig Reactions: Tell Me What; I Can Figure
Out Why - August 30, 2007
Michael Vick’s Name is Mud, But Respect for the
Law is Still Dead - August 27, 2007
History Trumps Cacophony, Meaning Bush is Right
About Iraq - August 23, 2007
Giuliani? Thompson? No President Will Lead a Moral
Revival - August 20, 2007
Why Is There No Liberal Karl Rove? - August 16,
2007
North Polemic: Canada’s Rebuke of U.S. is Over the
Top - August 13, 2007
Why Is Mitt Romney 'Defending' Sons'
Non-Enlistment? - August 9, 2007
Overconfident Democrats Don't Hide Desire for
Defeat in Iraq - August 6, 2007
Barack Obama: The Jack Bauer of Weak
Internationalists - August 2, 2007
Marijuana Raid: Los Angeles City Council Must Be
Stoned - July 30, 2007
Still Approve of Bush? It’s a Lonely Life for a 29
Percenter - July 23, 2007
Lugar, Warner, Voinovich and Domenici: The Latest
Iraq War Cowards - July 16, 2007
In Liberal Fantasyland, Evil Criminal Scooter
Libby Walks Free - July 9, 2007
Language of Scandal Abounds, But There's No Scandal to Be Found - July
2, 2007
Please, Mayor Bloomberg, Not Another Third-Party Circus - June 25, 2007
Democrats' Iraq 'Victory': The Take-Down of Peter Pace - June 18, 2007
So, Mr. Republican Candidate, You Want to be Unlike Bush - June 11, 2007
Please, Condoleezza, Tell Us You're Lying About War With Iran - June 4,
2007
Presidential Candidates: Let's Talk Taxes - May 28, 2007
What Do Bush and Blair Know? - May 21, 2007
Grandma's Quintessentially American Life - May 14, 2007
Who Decided to Lose Iraq? Not the Voters - May 7, 2007
A
Global Warming Skeptic's Primer on Propaganda - April 30, 2007
Virginia Tech: America Blames Quickly - April 23, 2007
Imus: Sharpton's Latest Carnival Attraction - April 16, 2007
One Enemy at a Time for Pelosi: Bush First - April 9, 2007
With Two Words, Rudy Claims Reagan's Hallowed Ground - April 2, 2007
Dem War Silliness May Not Always Be So Harmless -
March 26, 2007
When You've Just Got to Have a Scandal - March 19,
2007
Ayn Rand's Me-First Philosophy Sadly Turns 50 -
March 12, 2007
You Want to Join the Union, Don't You? -
March 5, 2007
Tattling Nancy: Not Ready for Prime Time -
February 26, 2007
Rudy Runs, and Republican Heads Explode - February
19, 2007
House Republicans: The Ship Keeps Sinking -
February 12, 2007
For Hillary's Sake, Bring the Troops Home! -
February 5, 2007
Let Ford Die - January 29, 2007
You Wanted a Principled Leader, Right? -
January 22, 2007
The Worst Person in America - January 15, 2007
Small Problem for Dems: They Can't Govern -
January 8, 2007
Thanks, Iraq: Liberty and Justice Win One -
January 1, 2007
No Santa, No Problem - December 25, 2006
Iran Menace Grows; Truman Would Be Appalled -
December 18, 2006
Jeane Kirkpatrick: Did Clear Thinking Die With
Her? December 13, 2006
Left, Center, Right: The Majority Seeking
America's Defeat - December 6, 2006
National Security, Pelosi Style - November 29,
2006
Will Bush Blow a Successful Presidency? - November
22, 2006
Back to the Other Side of the Tracks - November
15, 2006
Butt-Kicking Earned, Let's Party Like It's 1964 -
November 8, 2006
Election Coverage: Apparently, It's Just a Game -
November 1, 2006
Mention Osama, Watch Dems Blow Gasket - October
25, 2006
Voting Is Not The Way to Make A Difference -
October 18, 2006
Any Reason a Good Reason for Hastert's Demise -
October 11, 2006
Dems Fall for Bush Rope-A-Dope Once Again -
October 4, 2006
Instead of Ideas, Michigan GOP Offers Iacocca -
September 27, 2006
Selling Out Victory for Unrequited Love -
September 20, 2006
Lamont: Latest Dem to Try the Crybaby
Strategy - September 13, 2006
Sixty Percent Can Be Wrong, And They Are -
September 6, 2006
Macaca, Hezbocrats and Other Remarkable Remarks -
August 30, 2006
If Iraq Can't Make It, Tom, Let's Give Up On
Detroit As Well - August 23, 2006
Connecticut Do-Over Will Show Who's Really
Mainstream - August 16, 2006
Economic Policies Designed to Fail - August 9,
2006
Buckley Notwithstanding, Bush Is A True
Conservative - August 2, 2006
Global Goodwill Proven Worthless, Israel Fights to
Win - July 26, 2006
Joe, Val and the Last Stab at Relevance - July 19,
2006
Protect the Flag for Me? That Won't be
Necessary - July 12, 2006
Dem Swindle Runs Out of Gas in Full-Serve New
Jersey - July 5, 2006
The
New York Times
vs. America - June 28, 2006
ACLU Fumes as the Good Guys Win One - June 21,
2006
Zarqawi's Report From Paradise - June 14, 2006
Why, Mr. O'Reilly, Are We Talking About This? -
June 7, 2006
The Super-Exciting Democratic Plan for America -
May 31, 2006
Grow Up - May 24, 2006
The Life and Times of Billy Ringo - May 17, 2006
A Puppet vs. the Rogue Spooks - May 10, 2006
Washington High School: Popular Kids Rule - May 3,
2006
Serious Threat, Meet Unserious World - April 26,
2006
Caterwauling Aside, Bush Sticks With Rumsfeld -
April 19, 2006
Scandal! Bush Gives Press Accurate Information -
April 12, 2006
Slap on the Hand for Illegals; Scarlet Letter for
Me - April 5, 2006
Smile, Republicans! Ronald Reagan Is Watching You
- March 29, 2006
Everyone's Back to Normal Now, Except the
President - March 22, 2006
The Foreigners Are Coming! The Foreigners Are
Coming! - March 15, 2006
Yes, I Still
Approve of Bush; What's Your
Problem? - March 8, 2006
Ports Imbroglio: Mouths in Drive, Brains in Park -
March 1, 2006
If You Can't Find It, It Must Not Exist - February
22, 2006
A Pre-Emptive Attack Against America Going Soft -
February 15, 2006
If I Cut My Budget Shaving, Do I Not Bleed? -
February 8, 2006
Novel Idea for Democrats: Try Winning - February
1, 2006
Osama's Book Club Creates an Anti-American Idol -
January 25, 2006
It's Harlem, They're Black, So Hillary's a Slave -
January 18, 2006
Isolationists Better Go Away, Because the World
Won't - January 11, 2006
Dick Clark's Imperfect Performance Makes for
Perfect TV - January 4, 2006
Nation of 16-Year-Olds Protects Its Keys from Mr.
and Mrs. Mass Transit - December 28, 2005
Another Bush 'Scandal'; Another Big Public Yawn -
December 21, 2005
Can Dem Grownups Put a Lid on Mike Farrell? -
December 14, 2005
Supply-Side Works Every Time - December 7, 2005
PR Iraqi Style: Pentagon Does What It Has To Do -
November 30, 2005
Jesse's New Low: Backing T.O. - November 23, 2005
Can't See the Forrester for the Trees? Blame the
Bush - November 16, 2005
Mysterious Force
Causes Teen Pregnancies - August 24, 2005
How Could Bolton Mess
Up This Place? - August 10, 2005
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