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Editorials and columns

Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate

The shooting of two National Guard members by a gunman identified by the authorities as an Afghan national was horrific. But Trump's response has been disproportionate and bigoted. He vows to "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries." He intends to deport legal immigrants ...

Trump is right to take on the Muslim brotherhood

This week, the White House announced an executive order that called for certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. Founded in Egypt in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood "developed into a transnational network with chapters across the Middle East ...

The drone industry

Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. No it's not Superman. It's a drone. Thousands of 'em. They are everywhere. They carry Amazon products literally to your front porch. Real Estate agents use the video from the drones to hawk their homes. Utilities save money by using drones ...

Ken Burns is completely wrong about the Iroquois

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to "the voice of God," the phrase once associated with legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite at the height of broadcast news. This makes it ...

Jeffrey Epstein: a hero to Democrats

Before the House and Senate voted nearly unanimously -- with just one "nay" in the House -- to unseal the Epstein investigative records, the Epstein estate released 20,000 pages of unseen Epstein files to the House Oversight Committee. Following that, Democrats began their tour of publicizing a ...

A holiday of working together

ALPENA — Now that Thanksgiving is in the rear-view mirror the Christmas season is in full swing. The holidays are special to the residents of Northeast Michigan, as it is for the staff at The News. To properly recognize Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years The News intends to share as many ...