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Neal Rubin

Michigan

Columnist at Detroit Free Press

Columnist at the Free Press. Reasonably good guy, unreasonably bad golfer. Former writer of "Gil Thorp." And: recently hacked/followers erased, so welcome back.

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  • 1 week ago | freep.com | Neal Rubin

    The Free Press and News combined advertising, marketing and other business operations through the JOA, but its newsrooms remained separate and competitive. The Free Press will continue to offer a print edition seven days a week, while also maintaining one of Michigan’s most visited media websites. The decision will leave one joint operating agreement among newspapers in the country.

  • 2 weeks ago | stevenspointjournal.com | Neal Rubin

    Mike Wiza says he has the perfect location for that long-anticipated statue of RoboCop, which remains carefully wrapped and horizontal in an Eastern Market storeroom. Unfortunately for Detroit's RoboCop fans, it's in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Wiza is the mayor of Stevens Point, which may have a more sensible claim to the character than Detroit does. Detroit's primary role in 1987's "RoboCop" was to be a toxic urban sludge pit, after all, and the movie was filmed in Dallas.

  • 2 weeks ago | freep.com | Neal Rubin

    Mike Wiza says he has the perfect location for that long-anticipated statue of RoboCop, which remains carefully wrapped and horizontal in an Eastern Market storeroom. Unfortunately, it's in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Wiza is the mayor of Stevens Point, which may have a more sensible claim to the character than Detroit does. Detroit's primary role in 1987's "RoboCop" was to be a toxic urban sludge pit, after all, and the movie was filmed in Dallas.

  • 1 month ago | freep.com | Neal Rubin

    They're all dead, these brave souls on Lisa Lark's list. That doesn't change. But where they answered the door, before they answered the call? Who they truly were? How they lived, and not just how they died? That's forever in flux, as she builds her registry of every Detroiter since the Civil War to perish amid military service to their country.

  • 1 month ago | freep.com | Neal Rubin

    As a mommy goose and daddy goose escorted five adorable goslings across a neighborhood pond and onto the grass in Farmington Hills the other day, I had to wonder:At what point do they teach the kiddies to be malevolent bastards?

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Neal Rubin
Neal Rubin @nealrubin_fp
28 May 25

RT @mark_phelan: Whether you care about racing or not, idolize Ayrton Senna or think his name sounds like Behr semi-gloss, you’ll enjoy thi…

Neal Rubin
Neal Rubin @nealrubin_fp
25 Apr 25

RT @BookstockMI: Take a moment to read this wonderful article by @nealrubin_fp! In his latest column, Neal brings Bookstock to life & highl…

Neal Rubin
Neal Rubin @nealrubin_fp
14 Feb 25

Yup. Ron Fournier on X: "#BoycottTheBriefing: No self-respecting journalist should attend a White House briefing while the White House bans the @AP for not accepting state-mandated language. https://t.co/TSFL0r9yFl #1A https://t.co/4xiaFgf9tw" / X https://t.co/4ofZfqxGHE

Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier @ron_fournier

#BoycottTheBriefing: No self-respecting journalist should attend a White House briefing while the White House bans the @AP for not accepting state-mandated language. https://t.co/k6ZSm0zCy5 #1A https://t.co/UsD2yuwjKH