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What’s the big deal? State’s clean energy!

Transformative, ambitious, and controversial aptly describes Michigan’s new renewable, clean energy legislation enacted last Nov. 28. Imagine. This new 100% clean energy mandate positions Michigan as a national energy leader. By 2040, only 17 years away, Michigan’s utilities will generate 100% of electricity from clean energy, mostly solar, wind, water, battery storage technologies and nuclear. That’s why this new legislation is a very big deal. Because Michigan produces minimal natural gas, oil, or coal, we pay billions to import non-renewable fossil fuels produced with ...

And more ridiculous demands from UAW

As if the “audacious” demands that the United Auto Workers were putting upon the Detroit Three automakers during their recent strike weren’t ridiculous enough, we now have their president (Shawn Fain) stating that, if the auto corporations won’t pay for worker’s pensions, then the U.S. government must step in and do so (“UAW President: If corporations won’t pay for pensions, then the taxpayers must,” the Detroit News, Jan. 22, 2024). Is it so wrong that the auto corporations are asking its employees to manage their own retirement strategy, all the while providing them ...

We must open our minds, think about future

Hello, winter. Snow people, sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing, skiing, and that feeling of wonder all around us. Walks with loved ones and pets breathing in the “renewal” that only a snowfall can bring. Of course, there’s shoveling, plowing mountains of snow, cleaning the car and walkways to neighbors’ and friends’ homes. Somehow, this simple act of crystallization, water turning to ice falling from the sky, makes us into different people of kindness. The increase of human discontent arising from political discord, countries at war, urges to overturn democracy for ...

Joe Biden doesn’t care about pre-born babies

Many pro-life organizations will remind Americans this weekend of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. This has resulted in known deaths of almost 66 million pre-born babies. Soldiers killed in the Civil War, World War I, and World War II totaled under 1.2 million, according to Wikipedia. That court decision was overturned in June 2022, which, according to an ABC News article, has saved almost 25,000 lives. According to Right to Life of Michigan, there are more than 150 locations that offer pregnancy and adoption services. Funding comes mostly from grants, ...

Law-abiding gun owners, beware of Dems

The Jan. 9, 2024 edition of The Alpena News contained an editorial by Tim Skubick titled, “Gov. backs assault weapons ban.” Skubick quotes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as saying a ban on modern sporting rifles (MSRs) “... would be the right thing to do.” Whitmer further is quoted by Skubick saying, “I do think that weapons of war do not make sense for sale to the average persons in the public. I do have a problem with that …” Gretch and her Democrat cabal are on a crusade to disarm average citizens by passing laws that will not affect the criminal element but will only put ...

Congress must fund WIC for the new year

We might be ringing in the new year, but the U.S. Congress has some critical business left over from 2023: Fully funding Women, Infants, and Children! With rising food costs and increased program participation — and with data showing that funding WIC bolsters our local economy — it is more critical than ever that we also strengthen WIC to provide vital nutrition, formula, and breastfeeding support for pregnant women, postpartum moms, infants, and toddlers in our communities. Extensive research has found WIC to be a cost-effective investment that improves the nutrition and health ...