Brendan Clarey

1 week ago | enjoyer.com | Brendan Clarey

The Michigan DNR says it will continue with its plans to round up Canada geese and kill them with carbon dioxide gas, despite the protests of animal lovers who plead, “Don’t gas geese!” To hear the animal welfare crowd tell it, no one wants a Canada goose to die—but I wouldn’t mind. I think we should be culling the rats of the sky or sending them back from whence they came.

3 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | Brendan Clarey

Detroit — Everyone knows that Detroit is the Motor City. But what happens to the cars abandoned in blighted neighborhoods, ones near homes that have burned down or maybe flooded in high water? They might end up here at the Detroit Police Department’s Grand River Impound Lot. And eventually, they may end up on the department’s auction list. It’s a strange business watching men gather around a cop to buy junk cars from the city.

3 weeks ago | enjoyer.com | Brendan Clarey

Hundreds of people headed to Kalamazoo for Oberon Day last week. Bell’s said the crowd was a bit bigger than last year. Bell’s also released a new variant of its iconic summer ale at this year’s event, Oberon Light, which comes in slim cans, has a lower alcohol content, and only 99 calories—perhaps an appeal to beach bodies. Oberon Light is not the same at all. It’s a sweeter, citrus-added sister of the OG.

1 month ago | readlion.com | Elizabeth Mitchell |Jaryn Crouson |Jillian Schneider |Brendan Clarey

(The Daily Signal) – President Donald Trump said it “won’t be long” until states are “really running” the Department of Education. The Daily Signal asked Trump at his March 24 Cabinet meeting how red states can implement his Thursday executive order ordering Secretary Linda McMahon to start facilitating the closure of the Department of Education. Trump said federal information on students will be sent to states.

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | Brendan Clarey

Detroit — I took my children to the Belle Isle Nature Center on a gray, wet day when my wife was sick and we needed to let her rest and recover. Soon after we arrived, I realized that we should have stayed home and gone outside. Going to a nature center is still staying inside, no matter how many animals you see. Having our children’s wildlife experiences consist of animals in glass cages in air conditioning does them a disservice. It deprives them of formative experiences outdoors.