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Trump promised to be a dictator. Now we know which one

It was already one of the most clownish (if sinister) moments in the Trump administration -- the Department of Justice actually brought criminal charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for sabotaging the president's big, beautiful reflecting pool. It then dropped them for legal ...

The electoral integrity issue isn't Israel -- it's Islam

More than any political cycle in memory, the 2026 primary campaign season has been marked by frequent, and often hysterical, condemnations of the influence of the so-called "Israel lobby." After the conspiratorial anti-Trump gadfly Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his Republican congressional primary in northern Kentucky in May, he quipped about the Trump-endorsed former Navy SEAL officer who defeated him: "I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv." Way to question the patriotism of a decorated SEAL ...

It’s time to set the record straight

As a person who personally circulated recall petitions, I cannot let the recent letter from a board member go unanswered. The claim that circulators told people petitions were “just a poll” is false. I was trained on petition procedures. We knew exactly what we were circulating, and we explained as people were signing recall petitions. To suggest otherwise is an insult to volunteers. She also claims circulators spread misinformation. The reasons for the recall were not fabricated by us. Judge Curtis determined the recall language met the legal standard to proceed. ...

Finding my true colors

Colors are a part of us before we enter the Earth. Gender reveals tag us “pink” or “blue,” and an army of colored clothes, toys and puzzles come our way. At some point, we adopt a “favorite” color, or at least make one up to answer one of small talk’s silliest ...

Critical points missed in Alpena News story

The News missed critical points in its headline story on Aug. 4 when they announced total signatures for three school board members did not meet the threshold number necessary to trigger a recall? The front page story that day surely should have made mention that school board members Sarah Costain, Monica Dziesinski, and Eric Lawson retained the services of an out-of-town law firm, Butzel, to challenge the legitimacy of the recall effort based on the weakest claim imaginable. Butzel claimed dozens of petitions, in their entirety, needed to be disqualified because the petition ...