Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. -- or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams. They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, ...

For generations, foreign policy eggheads debated the question, "Who lost China?" I'm wondering if election analysts might soon ask, "Who lost the Latinos?" Almost exactly one year ago, President Trump won an impressive election victory. It wasn't the landslide his boosters claim, but it was ...

Success breeds failure. Policies and practices well suited to society at one juncture in history are often poorly suited to the world they have beneficially transformed. If you carry a good thing too far, it can turn out not to be a good thing anymore. Case in point, one of the most ...

In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. A fractured court, led by a conservative majority, held that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, signed into law in the final months of the George H.W. Bush presidency, was ...

I hope you will join me on Monday, November 17, and/or Wednesday, November 19, for an exciting and important dialogue about the future of Alpena Public Schools. Monday night is the Board of Education’s regularly scheduled Workshop meeting, and Wednesday night is a community forum. Both ...

Menopause is having a moment right now, and I hope it becomes a movement. I'm a 50-year-old perimenopausal woman and none of my doctors prepared me for this important milestone. When my children were born, I knew every developmental milestone to expect. Even when I was pregnant, I learned what ...