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Clarence Thomas played the long game. He won

An important new book by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), "Going Further," calls attention anew to the life and career of the single greatest living American, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. For many years after Thomas arrived on the court in the early 1990s, his conservative, originalist views were relegated to dissenting opinions. Three and a half decades later, Thomas, now the second-longest-serving justice in the court's history, regularly finds himself in the majority. Thomas, in short, has won the long game. But how? Thirty-five years ago, mainstream legal training and ...

Lessons learned on a river cruise

I’m writing today as I drift down the Romantic Danube aboard a Viking river ship, a trip I had eagerly awaited for months. I am blessed to be surrounded by wonderful family and dear friends, but truth be told, disappointment has abounded. The river waters proved far too low to navigate, ...

Trump’s strange fixation with Canada has gone too far

What’s Trump doing? That’s a question one must ask. Sabotaging trade negotiations with Canada at the last minute after the two sides appeared close to an agreement and Trump himself claimed they had a deal? Trolling Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney by calling him “Governor ...

Kids are actually talking to one another again

Long before cell phones invaded every school in the state driving down student attention spans to lower than the balance in your checkboo, about the only way students back in the day could ignore the teacher was to hide a dirty book inside the pages of a text book and then hope teach would not ...

The Bible is clear about how to treat strangers

In the New Testament of the Bible, there are 59 statements, commands even, about how we should treat one another. These are often just called the “One Anothers.” Notice that these cannot be accomplished without us being known, being in relationship, being present and committed to one ...

Gutting Head Start standards will harm rural kids

For over 60 years, Head Start has provided comprehensive education and health services for families struggling to make ends meet. Right here in Michigan, Head Start serves 27,000 children growing up in households with low incomes while also helping their parents pursue educational and ...