Summer is on its way, even if the weather hasn’t quite gotten the message yet! Families are preparing for more time at home, more snacks, and more opportunities for kids to say, “I’m bored.” One great way to stay ahead of summer boredom is to plan engaging activities early. Complete ...
Who wants to be a millionaire? goes the opening to that TV show by the same name. Actually a better way to put it would be, who the heck does not want to be a millionaire? Well here is your chance. There are eight members on each of the major university governing boards at MSU, the U of M ...
On Sept. 30, 2024, prominent progressive thinker and author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on "CBS Mornings" to promote his new book focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "The Message." Coates' argument echoed many standard left-wing tropes about the intractable conflict, framing it as an intersectional battle between an illegitimate oppressor group and a helpless oppressed group. Tony Dokoupil, whose children live in Israel with their mother, pushed back in the interview. He stated that "The Message" "would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist," and he further argued ...
Journalists love to proclaim that they bring transparency to democracy, but it's far too often the exact opposite. They try to run our democracy by exploiting anonymous sources. So when Trump is president, "senior administration officials" say "he's coming seriously unglued." When Biden was ...
When artists canceled their performances for President Donald Trump's June 25 Great American State Fair, one stood out for me: Martina McBride. The first time I saw Martina live in concert was at the Taste of Cincinnati festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Memorial Day Weekend in 1994. Her iconic ...
Tuesday saw the usual first-week-of-June gaggle of state primary elections. It's a feature of the American federal system that states choose when to hold primary and local elections. Back in the 1850s, as historian Roy Franklin Nichols notes, there was an election in all but one or two of ...
