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Editorials and columns

Screens, fans, and ventilation

Dear Jim: I don't want the hassle of always opening a screen door, but I like natural ventilation. Are there additional screening options that would work on a standard door? - Eric R. Dear Eric: Having fresh air gently flowing into your house in the spring and fall is refreshing and healthier ...

One man’s Biblical event

The following is my dramatization of the experience of one man involved in a famous Biblical event. As a scribe I am meticulous. I trained for 15 years before I was declared an expert in the copying and interpretation of our scriptures. Notice how I dress. Clearly everything is in order, just ...

On this Memorial Day

On May 25th, I will see if I can still squeeze into my Navy uniform and join Memorial Day tributes with Michigan’s 462,000 veterans. Growing up in Alpena, my mind immediately reflects on Alpena’s Little Flanders Field. Across northeast Michigan’s four-county region, fellow veterans, ...

We Could Call It… DEMOCRACY!

A Republican, a Democrat and an Independent walk into a bar. The bartender asks what they want. The Republican and Democrat order some black label over-priced whiskey. The Independent just orders a glass of water. The discussion turns to politics, quiet at first, but grows into the Democrat ...

Could Trump care less about you and me?

Camelot, it's not. King Arthur, not even close. Donald Trump is a pretender president who doesn't even pretend to do right by the people. In all candor, this city, graced by garden squares, memorials and museums, feels like a crime scene, with his fingerprints everywhere on it. Places we held ...

When businessmen enter the Beltway, it’s business as usual

Something strange is happening in Washington. A generation of investors and entrepreneurs who built careers championing private capital and intuitively understood the power of market discipline and limited government have joined the Trump administration, taking charge of hundreds of billions of ...