In 1912, our Fourth of July parade was a masculine affair. Only men were allowed to “strut and stare” as they processed along the parade route. The ladies watched, some waved, some even smiled, but most, I suspect, snickered, for they knew something was terribly amiss and they knew what ...
The 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book released just a few weeks ago revealed uneven progress on child well-being. Despite improvements in family and community factors – including a decline in the share of children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, a decrease in the share of single-parent ...
President Abraham Lincoln famously stated in the Gettysburg Address on November, 1863, that the nation would experience a new birth of freedom "and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”. Forty-five years later, President Theodore ...
Recently this question was posed to me. As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, what does it mean to be an American? Reflecting on this, it’s hard to distill an answer down to a single aphorism. In a nation of 342 million people, there may be as many answers as there are Americans. ...
Northern Michigan is so beautiful at this time of year. This past weekend my husband and I enjoyed a wind-tossed hike along Lake Huron’s shoreline. We took time to simply wade in the warm shallows and watch the geese couples call their goslings to safety while a gaggle of native swans bobbed on the offshore waves. It was so refreshing after our long winter. In our dating years (we met in high school) I was woefully ignorant of the great outdoors. I grew up in town and enjoyed being outside. I wore out a pair of flip flops every summer. I climbed trees, swam in the Thunder Bay River, ...
Are you up to speed on the political term, "the popular wisdom is" and then you fill in the blank? Here's how it works. A story, let's say what is the governor going to do after leaving office? is out there. Everyone is trying to predict what is going to happen and then some wise guy (this ...
