Rebirth of Detroit?

That's the hopeful headline in today's post from Walter Russell Mead.  Some rebuilding from the bottom up is occurring.  Writes Mead,

"It is interesting to note, however, that in one of the bluest of blue-model cities, the government is responsible for so few of these changes.  Entrepreneurs and foundations seem to be stepping in where political institutions failed, just as charter schools and religious schools are filling the vacuum caused by a dysfunctional public education system."