I was happy to be raised as the ninth of ten children here in Alpena. Our family started in the late 1930’s when my parents met, fell in love and married. They were committed to hard work because that is how they were raised. And if they were going to be happy and healthy, they would have ...

Despite what progressives have been arguing lately, the United States does not have a tax problem. Federal revenues, even after last year's extension of the Trump tax cuts, are running above their historical average as a share of GDP. What America has is a spending problem so large that the ...

When NBC affiliates in Tennessee showed the movie "Necessary Roughness" in 1994, those affiliates were required to give a Democrat Senate candidate 4 minutes and 13 seconds of free airtime. The Democrat was running against Fred Thompson, the actor turned Republican Senate candidate. When ...

Next week, as Congress prepares to welcome President Trump to deliver his State of the Union address, we know we have a lot of work left to do to deliver on our promises to the American people. However, it is important to celebrate our victories - victories that have begun to deliver real ...

"Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war." -- James Madison (1751-1836) Last week, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, ...

I read in the Alpena News, January 28, 2026 edition, about Governor Whitmer’s creation of the first-ever "Michigan Maritime Strategy to Protect the Greatest Lakes”. Whitmer’s strategy “provides a clear roadmap for attracting new investments… and strengthening Michigan’s water-based ...