We at the Diff, as sons and daughters of Detroit, are especially proud of today's milestone. January 12th marks our very own Motown Records' 50th birthday. In those 50 years, Motown has provided the world with such music legends as Aretha Franklin, ...

Especially for the child in every one of us, Google has taken the past week to honor the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, the true mark of childhood. Starting with the iconic Big Bird and ending with a composite of the most popular characters,...

Wow. I can't believe it's been 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell. They (as in the East) called it a great symbol of communist defiance to western "imperialism." I called it a wall to keep people from leaving a pretty bad place. I should know. I...

Wow. I can’t believe we launched this blog three years ago. So much has changed since then. Three whole years. The original team that launched this with me has all gone on to new things, with the exception of Matt Cardwell, who actually came up...

This article was originally published on Mortgage News, but I thought I'd share it with the rest of our readers on What's the Diff as well :) It’s a well known fact that President Obama is from Chicago. However, we rarely talk about his house or the...