Well, maybe Alpena is no longer that well-kept secret. Last week, some 18 countries and 22 states arrived in Alpena to compete in the International ROV competition. To observe the diversity and blending of the thousands of people was encouraging and enlightening. With these people, our ...
Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed and passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and it's a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been supersized into a $4 trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn't tax reform. It's a ...
There are many who will gather this Fourth of July under the guise of celebration — barbecues, fireworks, flag-waving. But how many understand — truly understand — what they are celebrating? In an era where grievance has replaced gratitude, the Fourth of July has become a hollow ritual ...
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that judges are like baseball umpires. "Umpires don't make the rules," he said. Their job is "to call balls and strikes." In the case of Trump v. Casa decided on June 27, it appears a majority of the ...
Having been involved in a career in the Alpena area community for nearly 20 years there is one pattern of comments that shows up repeatedly that I just cannot make sense of. What I’m talking about is the perception that there is not enough for young people and children to do in the ...
New Yorkers are under the false impression that the taxpayer-funded New York City Campaign Finance Board is leveling the playing field to make voting for Gotham's next mayor and other elected officials fair. Just the opposite is true. The CFB is doling out obscene amounts of our money to tilt ...