Here's a link to a package of stories in this week's Crain's Detroit Business on the extraordinary companies and entrepreneurs I found in Houghton and the Keweenaw Peninsula last summer. bit.ly/2yUZTjC

This special report by Tom Henderson had me entertaining fantasies of becoming an engineer and moving to the Keweenaw and eagle-spotting on my days off crainsdetroit.com/article/201711…

Dana Milbank has laugh-out-loud take down of Donald Trump Jr. in Wash. Post. No wonder White House inner circle calls him Fredo. You won't believe the tweet Fredo wrote about how happy he was with his wife's boobs after she started lactating. wapo.st/2hvlvI2

Crain's published cool section on Midland, cool town I visited. Great entrepreneurs, plus, after interviews there each day, miles of great parkland along the river to run in. How did a minor league baseball team named the Loons help drive change? bit.ly/2iLCMNS

Lindsay Aspegren of North Coast Technology Investors is a driving force in Midland development, though he is based in Ann Arbor. Invests in cool entrepreneurs, raised millions for new MSU STEM Center there. bit.ly/2AHuK0x

Rebecca Cox of the Savant Group, a tech company in Midland with customers around the world, has driven explosive growth at a company that began in a broom closet, bit.ly/2nMBNCB

Here's a blog I wrote for Crain's Detroit Business in 2014 about why Jack Morris should be in the Hall of Fame, and why sabermetric folks obsessed with his ERA were nerds badly mssing the point, or many points. Great to see justice done for him and Tram. bit.ly/2iPwFbo

I spent 2 days in Jackson recently, meeting with cool entrepreneurs for a section in this week's Crain's, including profile of Commonwealth Associates, storied company with new chapter. Cool stuff! bit.ly/2mwv1Nf

InTouch runs interview with porn star Stormy Daniels, about Trump affair after Melania gave birth to Barron. She said sex was “textbook generic...one position." Trump compared her to Ivanka. "He told me I was beautiful, smart, just like his daughter.” thebea.st/2FNDeWq

Vanity Fair reviews Trump wines. Waiters apologized for serving them. Review of one wine: “Welch’s grape jelly with alcohol. A terrible, fumy, alcoholic nose. If I served you that on an airline you’d be mad.” Hilarious read. bit.ly/2DiMBeI

Various news sources say porn star Stormy Daniels told folks that Trump had her spank him with a rolled up Forbes Magazine in 2006, a magazine that had him, Don Jr. and Ivanka on the cover. WS Journal sez LLC was set up before election to get her $130K bit.ly/2DjyXYS

Incredible reporting in New Yorker profile of Christopher Steele. He shared another memo that hasn't been known before with Mueller: word in Russian intelligence circles is Putin vetoed Romney as sec of state, told trump to appoint tillerson. bit.ly/2Fdjdro

I spent time in Battle Creek earlier this month finding cool companies to profile in monthly special section for Crain's Detroit Biz. Way, way more going on that corn flakes. Read all about it. bit.ly/2p5sWct

Re Battle Creek, huge Ft. Custer Industrial Park is home to 18 companies from Japan, has approved a new 100-acre medical marijjuana complex, with plans to erect buildings for growing, testing and distribution. Kellogg Airport also home to sprawling Duncan Aviation and 375K sq ft

Quote from Trump staffer today in Axios: "This is the most toxic working environment on the planet ... right now this atmosphere is ripping people apart. There's no leadership, no trust, no direction and at this point there's very little hope." bit.ly/2pfavlJ

Here's an eye-popping cover story from Newsweek. Newsweek, not Mother Jones. Calls Trump a kleptocract and says his administration the most corrupt in U.S. history. bit.ly/2zuDx8C

No wonder I can't get any work done. My kittens have adopted my desk chair.

What's behind the rise of the family office in SE Michigan? Read all about it. Wealth stays here instead of fleeing to New York or Chicago. bit.ly/2Hnb7h7

HopCat got creative in funding its explosive growth. Crain's Detroit Biz explains why there are so many more funding options for business owners looking for growth capital. bit.ly/2HVfFfN

It’s not the DOJ’s rule, sir. You’re being lied to. x.com/ilpollster/sta…