Drive any back road in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda, or Presque Isle County and you will see two truths side by side. The first is the beauty of this place — the shoreline, the forests, the small towns where neighbors still know one another by name. The second is quieter, and it lives ...
It's really a downright shame that some fancy-smancy foundation has not cough up the cash to establish a Nobel Peace Prize-like award for political players who make a good faith effort to deliver to the citizens something they are begging for now even more. That would be more sincere attempts ...
The windows of bookstores and the marquees of movie theaters across America all sing the praises of Homer's 2,800-year-old "The Odyssey." This prompted me to review the Greek myths and legends I enjoyed so much as a boy. More than any other, the tale of King Midas, which dates from around the same period as Homer's epic, grabbed my attention. As the story goes, the god Dionysus granted Midas a single wish, and he chose that everything he touched would turn to gold. How could that not turn my mind to the current inhabitant of the White House and Mar-a-Lago who seems determined to ...
The fiscal year 2026-2027 state budget was signed into law last week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. We here at the Michigan League for Public Policy are digging into the final agreement that was reached, and while it does include some positive investments, tools that would raise state revenues to ...
CNN's Brian Stelter sent out his "Reliable Sources" email on July 28 with the chirpy headline "Surprise: PBS and NPR are still alive and kicking." Why on Earth would that be a surprise? Depriving these liberal networks of taxpayer money wasn't a death sentence. In last year's debate over ...
It is rare for me to support anything inserting more government into our lives. However, I'm now looking at one of these exceptions. It's the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act. The legislation pushes back against automobile manufacturers moving to no longer include AM radio as standard ...
