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Editorials and columns

The fairground’s dilemma

The fate of the Blackwater on the Water project that is proposed for the Alpena County Fairgrounds may be decided during today’s Alpena County Commissioners meeting. The proposed project could lead to a $3 million needed investment into the fairgrounds, as well as an increased use of ...

Proposal seeks to forgive school closures caused by extreme weather

LANSING – This academic year, school districts in the Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan experienced severe winter weather, which forced many administrators to close far more often than expected. For example, the superintendent of Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools in Otsego County, Katy ...

No confidence

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has fired Secretary of the Navy John Phelan. This comes after Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George. Hegseth keeps firing senior leaders, often arguing the fired were "woke," but the common thread seems to be that they had good ...

All redistricting reformers are hypocrites

Hypocrisy was triumphant, as it usually is in arguments over redistricting, in Virginia this week, as voters approved a "fairness" constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-majority legislature to enact a congressional districting plan that is expected to increase Democrats' edge in its ...

The triumph of economic freedom?

Prices rise. People blame capitalism. Politicians promise "solutions." President Donald Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates. My socialist mayor wants to freeze rents. Elizabeth Warren wants politicians to decide what prices are "excessive." So I was surprised to see ...

Meek or weak?

A few years ago, my wife and I had the opportunity to spend some time at Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, Kentucky. We had an absolute blast exploring the horse culture that surrounded that area. We took tours of several ranches in the area to learn about how the horses were raised and ...