In what feels like a long time ago in a galaxy far away, I was in my first musical. It was seventh grade, and we presented “Oliver!” on stage at school. It was a magical experience that I remember to this day! Some students made the scenery and props, and some helped with costumes, hair, ...
Back in the day the only time there was any bad blood between Michigan and Canada was when either the Montreal Canadians or the Toronto Maple Leafs cleaned the clock of our sometimes hapless Detroit Red Wings. Oh my how times have changed. Cough. Cough. Some Michigan officials totally ...
Political parties tend to harshly reject the idea that they are a threat to the constitutional order, but the Democratic Socialists of America are making it part of their brand. The DSA has released a new program that, besides contemplating the advent of a classless society, calls for ...
Since the Fourth of July celebration of the nation's 250 years was a bust, let's look at the next anniversary, noting when a Puritan governor declared that we would be as "a city upon a hill" in 1630. Almost 400 years later, in our summer of desperation, that's a quaint ...
I am writing in response to Dave Myers' column in the July 18th edition of The Alpena News. First, I want to say that I generally enjoy Dave's folksy writing style and him personally. But this column made my blood boil. His piece is argued from a Christian nationalist framework, which ...
Valentine's Day will not be your usual chocolate and/roses sweetie day. Nope. The NFL will be hosting Super Bowl LXI that day at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Personally, I think that Michiganders will be glued to the TV that day because this IS finally the year that the Detroit ...