The March 2025 ice storm in northeastern Lower Michigan was impactful. Many residents were forced to leave the area until power was restored. Access to properties was hampered for months. Chainsaws and/or generators were started for the first time in years. Past efforts spent in timber or ...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg once expressed great confidence about his eternal destiny, remarking that he had earned his place in heaven. That sentiment is not uncommon in public life. Achievement, influence, philanthropy or power can quietly become the measuring sticks by which ...

With America's 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the right this season about what it means to be an American couldn't be more timely. Vice President JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy -- the 2024 presidential aspirant who hopes to be elected Ohio governor ...

Years of bickering over the meaning of American conservatism and the identity of the American Right, which had already escalated in the conspiracy-filled aftermath of coalition lynchpin Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination, reached a fever pitch at Turning Point USA's recent AmericaFest ...

There is a doctrine in Catholicism that not all souls are prepared for heaven at death, and that some must undergo a spiritual purification in a state or location that the Catholic Church calls "Purgatory." There are a number of biblical references that undergird the notion of Purgatory, ...

I was relaxing at a coffee shop recently when up walked Jimmy Knechtel. He grabbed a chair and, frowning, thumped a few things on the table: wallet, keys, vape. “These pants! I just discovered a hole in my pocket. Lost my eyedrops and my pocketknife.” “How was your 2025, Jimmy? I ...