Mike Wrathell – AmericaJR

Opinion: A Presidential Auto Show in Detroit

September 21, 2022 Mike Wrathell 0

“And we’re rebuilding an economy – a clean energy economy, and we’re doing it from the bottom up and the middle out.” ~~~President Joseph Biden […]

Motor Bella’s Impressive Debut in Pontiac

September 23, 2021 Mike Wrathell 1

“I feel you creeping, I can see it from my shadowWanna jump up in my Lamborghini Gallardo” “Smack That” by Akon, Lyrics by Akon, Eminem, […]

Woke Kong & His Lizard King Friend

April 9, 2021 Mike Wrathell 0

“I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.” ~~Jim Morrison I went to the Ford Drive-In Theatre to see Godzilla vs. Kong, even though […]

Opinion: Another Day, Another 1814

January 12, 2021 Mike Wrathell 0

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that […]

ANWR: Drilling Into The Final Frontier?

December 23, 2020 Mike Wrathell 0

“Drill, baby, drill!” ~~~Michael Steele, former Chairman of the RNC There’s been a lot of talk about drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, […]

Pop Goes The Pandemic

July 7, 2020 Mike Wrathell 0

“Why don’t you just tell me what you want me to say, and I’ll repeat it for you.” ~~~Andy Warhol (to an interviewer) “Anyone wanting […]

The French Reclaim Detroit!

February 16, 2020 Mike Wrathell 0

“My culture is that of classical ballet, and I confidently remain attached to it. Because while I readily admit that its artistic and social codes […]

VP Pence Brings Greetings From Trump To Detroit

August 21, 2019 Mike Wrathell 3

DETROIT — As the media pool and members of the Detroit Economic Club waited for Vice President Mike Pence (and, unbeknownst to us…..a surprise guest), […]

MIB: International: “Look At The Pretty Light!”

June 15, 2019 Mike Wrathell 1

Normally, when you go to the movies on your birthday, it’s a fun and joyous thing. This time, it was tempered somewhat with the knowledge […]

‘Soylent Green’ Thru The Orange Light of 2019

May 29, 2019 Mike Wrathell 2

I experienced culture shock and an identity crisis when I moved out of the ancestral abode to Ann Arbor for my freshman year at Michigan […]

The Debate Over Pluto Heats Up In D.C.

May 2, 2019 Mike Wrathell 2

Monday night in Washington, D.C., two learned men squared off in the greatest debate to date in our truly apocalyptic millennium. When polar bears are […]

Martha Graham’s Answer to Hitler Performed in Ann Arbor

April 27, 2019 Mike Wrathell 2

“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that the others are behind the time.” ~~~Martha Graham It took […]

Musical review: ‘Hamilton’ Romps Into Detroit

March 16, 2019 Mike Wrathell 1

After Hamilton’s stellar debut on the only diagonal street on Manhattan Island, the Powers That Be decided it might be time to test the once-murky waters […]

Ballet & Detroit, Just Like Pancakes and Maple Syrup, Right?

February 18, 2019 Mike Wrathell 0

“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls […]

Opera Review: “The Barber of Seville” Shears Detroit!

November 11, 2018 Mike Wrathell 0

“The Barber of Seville’s” opening night performance on Saturday night at the Detroit Opera House was sheerly brilliant! Grammy Award-winning tenor Lucas Meachem’s Figaro rivaled […]