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Opinion

Dealing with naivety

Editorials and columns

No one likes to admit they were naive; it’s an embarrassing form of Should Have Known. Should Have Knowns are a form of Lack of Awareness for which justifications are few. ”I didn’t think,“ “I thought I knew,” “Why didn’t somebody tell me!” etc., etc., are all excuses that ...

Political battles aplenty

Editorials and columns

Not everybody in the state was watching them battle it out on the hardwood floor last Saturday. Not by a long shot. Far away from the NCAA arena were two other political battles. About 3000 "No King" anti-Donald Trump rallies unfolded around the nation including in Michigan where about ...

When the going gets tough, congress goes home!

Editorials and columns

Over a million federal employees are going without paychecks because the House and the Senate can’t agree on how to keep our government open. Calling this a national crisis would be an understatement. So what is Congress doing about it while a million federal employees are struggling to ...

In today’s NBA, beliefs can be a firing offense

Editorials and columns

There are plenty of things an NBA player can do and still keep his job. League history is littered with examples: players involved in off-court scandals, arrests, even allegations of serious violence. Time and again, teams and the league have found ways to look past behavior that, in most ...

The boomerang presidency

Editorials and columns

My first thought when sitting down to write this column was that Donald Trump is his own worst enemy. However, after 8 million people showed up on March 28 to oppose him and his policies, it appears he has some stiff competition for the title. Still, I'll allow Trump to make the case against ...