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Editorials and columns

The difference between individual and team sport

In a recent conversation with a local coach, he stressed the importance of emphasizing the team more than individual accomplishments. iIt made me think about the difference between individual sports and team sports. Golf for instance, when stepping out onto the golf course, or even the ...

There Must Be More

In Western Civilization, Christian ethics still, in some ways, dominate society. Murder is wrong. Stealing is wrong. Lying is wrong. Iran is dominated by Shiite Muslims who, at heart, embrace Taqiyya, or religious dissimulation, in ways Sunni Muslims tend to reject. It is why more must be done ...

Artemis II Mission Offers Inspiring Unity for a Deeply Divided Nation

National confidence, unfortunately, is in short supply these days. In this season of springtime renewal, Americans would do well to look up -- literally. Artemis II, NASA's first meaningful manned space mission in over a half-century, has taken the nation by storm this month. In so doing, it ...

AI is helpful, but can fail on facts

I love using artificial intelligence technologies. They’re wildly powerful and helpful. They speed up research and summarize historical or philosophical ideas or help with practical problem solving. Hey, I’m not a plumber. Helpful as they can be, I see several hazards as we confront AI ...

In a World of War and Wonder, Attention Is Your Greatest Power

Watching the Artemis II space flight has filled my days with awe and wonder. From pilot Victor Glover's poignant Easter message and mission specialist Christina Koch's "space plumber" story to the crew naming a moon crater for commander Reid Wiseman's late wife. Artemis II really shows us what ...

Local News Day commentary for MPA

I started my journalism career with a typewriter, a notebook and a pretty basic motivation: I wanted to know what was happening in my community, and why. The typewriter is long gone, replaced by technologies I couldn’t have imagined back then. But across Michigan, the curiosity and ...