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1 day ago | enjoyer.com | Mark Naida

Paris — Just north of Big Rapids is a quaint crossroads with a cabinet maker, a taxidermist, a pizza joint, an antique dealer—and a scale model of the Eiffel Tower, of course. There are at least 23 towns in the U.S. named after the French capital, but ours is not one of them. John Parish platted this village of 270 souls in 1865, and after a fire about a decade later, the “h” fell off the town’s name. “Parish” became “Paris.”This little village was once home to the state’s second fish hatchery.

6 days ago | enjoyer.com | James David Dickson

In Gov. John Engler’s first re-election campaign in 1994, the Michigan Democrats did not send their best. Instead, they sent a man named Howard Wolpe. Wolpe was a longtime congressman before running, but his name is largely forgotten in Michigan politics, except as trivia. Remember the guy Engler crushed in 1994? But Wolpe’ss running mate, Debbie Stabenow, would become a legend. At the time, she was a state senator.

1 week ago | enjoyer.com | Brendan Clarey

Auburn Hills — It’s nearly midnight, and I can’t sleep. I can still feel the acceleration of the haggard Honda Nightwing I was riding earlier, the way you can feel rollercoasters or wave pools hours after the fun stops. Instead of sleeping soundly after a big day, I’m scheming: How do I get another hit? I want more of that roar, those g-forces, that carbureted engine smell. You need to take a written and road test to get your motorcycle’s license in Michigan.

1 week ago | enjoyer.com | O.W. Root

Glen Arbor — Dollar General has invaded Michigan. The company has conquered both the Upper and Lower Peninsula. They have set up shop peddling cheap garbage in almost every corner of our lovely land. In 2025, Dollar Generals can be found in every single county in Michigan, save one. Yes, there is one place where they have been stopped, one last county that refuses to fall victim to this rapacious junk monger. Leelanau County is the final holdout. The final refuge.

1 week ago | enjoyer.com | Bobby Mars

East Lansing — The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University is always free and open to all—or so says the slogan on their website. There’s an old saying though, and it bears remembering here: If something is free, you’re the product. The Broad is no exception, with exhibitions promoting shallow identity politics and a basement gallery doubling as a dungeon for wokedom. The shining, angular metal edifice of the Broad was designed by the famed Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.