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Editorials and columns

Why would we want bad people here?

This week, news emerged that the Trump administration has been setting new standards with regard to incoming immigrants. According to Axios, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will now take into account the "positive attributes" of migrants entering the country; such attributes can ...

Will Trump help Ukraine stop Russia’s westward drive?

The extraordinary pair of meetings in the past week — the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday and Donald Trump's hosting of the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Finland, as well as the NATO alliance and the European Commission — were prompted by the latest ...

The ’60 Minutes’ squad was tick-tick-tick terrific for Biden

New York Times reporter James Stewart wrote a big article based on a series of interviews with CBS owner Shari Redstone, and buried deep in the piece was something wild that should have been obvious: CBS settled Donald Trump's lawsuit to keep the public from seeing how they make "news" ...

Wheat harvest in full swing in northern Michigan

Looking around the fields in northern Michigan a few weeks ago and you might have seen golden fields with wheat moving with the wind. That isn’t as prevalent anymore though. Winter wheat harvest is in full swing in northern Michigan. According to the Michigan Ag Council, wheat is farmed on ...

Alpena, continue to cherish and nurture our children

We can be proud and thankful that we have always cared for our children. From the schools (public and parochial, and home-schooled), to Boys and Girls Club, to Center for Charity, Baby Pantry, Foster Care Closet, foster parents, biological parents, adopting parents, and the list goes on and on, ...

Some frugal (and possibly awful) birthday gift ideas

I’m not great at remembering birthdays. It’s not because they’re not on my calendar. It’s not because I don’t care. It may have something to do with a lack of understanding what time is, and how fast it goes by. At any rate, in considering birthday gift ideas, I’ve come up with ...