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Editorials and columns

Am I the problem? Or is it all fated.

I recently matched with someone on a dating app and we started ‘chatting.’ We graduated from the dating app chat box to exchanging numbers and texting. I thought this was a good sign. Our conversation was sparse and mostly was focused on trying to make a “dinner date” happen. I ...

Transforming through change, a modern pioneering lifestyle

When a lobster outgrows its shell, it wedges itself between two rocks and moves around until the old shell cracks and breaks loose, freeing the new shell and uncovering a bigger body. When a snake grows beyond the limits of its container, the skin sheds and leaves a translucent memory of what ...

Give money back to get the vote

In this corner weighing in at $90 million is Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. In that corner tipping the scales at $5 billion is House GOP Speaker Matt Hall. And lucky you, you have a right side seat to what could turn out to be an historic legislative fight over property tax relief that could ...

Mamdani’s NYC flirts with chaos

A brutal cold snap has gripped New York City and much of the East Coast, freezing streets, sidewalks -- and, it seems, any remaining sense of civic restraint. In Washington Square Park, a group of adults began hurling snowballs and other objects at responding officers from the New York City ...

So you want to be a plumber

The skilled trades have become hot of late. That has many young people dropping plans to attend college. Meanwhile, some desk-bound professionals are said to gaze longingly at nearby construction sites. They daydream about trading spreadsheets for tool belts. They imagine becoming plumbers, ...

Remembering the history of regime change

"If you don't remember history, you are condemned to repeat it." Are we on the verge of repeating it once again? The drumbeat between the United States and Iran has grown louder in recent weeks. American carrier strike groups have repositioned in the Persian Gulf. Additional air and missile ...