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Rejecting the rain garden was rejecting the grant!

I am writing in response to statements made during the recent factuality and clarity recall hearing regarding the language used to describe the rain garden issue. During that hearing, Monica Dziesinski, along with Eric Lawson and Sarah Costain, objected to the characterization that they voted against a “grant”. They argued that they did not vote down the “grant,” but only voted against installing the rain garden itself. To many of us in the community, that feels like a difference that doesn’t matter. If the grant would have fully funded the rain garden project, then voting ...

Perceptions of higher education

Alpena Community College recently hosted Chronicle of Higher Education reporter David Jesse for a campus visit to discuss the current state of higher education in Michigan. Widely acknowledged to be among the most informed observers of the higher education landscape nationally, Jesse launched ...

The Clintons: At it again

How much faith should one put in the veracity of Bill Clinton when he testified last week in a deposition that he did "nothing wrong" in his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein? I guess it depends on the meaning of "nothing" and "wrong." How much faith should one place ...

Two-Front War: Trump Attacks Iran Overseas and Constitution at Home

On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump swore he would "to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." He must have had his fingers crossed. Since then, he has opened a multipronged attack against those constitutional provisions that inhibit his primary goal: amassing power and wealth. Trump has launched a war against Iran. There are good reasons to have done so. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his murderous regime were directly or indirectly responsible for attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, for Hamas' 2023 murderous assault on ...

Even a Polar Vortex Can’t Stop Michiganders

A couple of days ago, as we were going through yet another Polar Vortex, a Facebook “memory” popped up in my notices. I must admit as I get older it’s nice to have high-tech reminders to help me reconnect some of those brain cells that increasing get disconnected! The notice sent me to ...

The president that plays by no rules

Donald Trump breaks every rule in the book, and he's never read the book of rules. Time after time, Americans see he's constitutionally unable to follow the Constitution. To wit, he, with Israel, just started a war on Iran that ricochets around the Middle East. Contrary to the War Powers ...