LANSING
It was 50 years ago this month when I took a big gamble.
With a fresh law degree, student debt, a new Volkswagen Rabbit with a car loan – and a 3-week-old baby – I gave up a safe congressional staff job I enjoyed, took a 13 percent pay cut and became a newspaper reporter.
No regrets. It might sound naïve, it might sound outdated, it might sound blind to America’s political and economic climat…