Kevin Rinke is slightly out of sync with many of his fellow Michigan Republicans many of whom, he contends, are more focused on "being right rather than happy" when it comes to their attitude about advancing their political agenda. Based on a recent interview with the affable former car dealer ...

In 2017, we decided as a family to take a trip up to Alaska for about six weeks in total - not by plane or by cruise, but to drive there and camp anywhere the roads would take us, which for Alaska is only about a ⅓ of the state. To get from Alpena to Anchorage takes about 60 hours of ...

Chickasaw Park is special. It was designed by the Olmsted firm in 1923 for Louisville, Kentucky, and is believed to be the only Olmsted-designed park created specifically for a Black community during segregation. Olmsted Park Conservancy recently received a $5 million anonymous donation to ...

"Do you think you're going to Hell?" This is apparently considered a highly newsworthy question by the Bari Weiss-led "CBS Evening News." The theological questioner was radical Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), who wants to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The target was acting ICE ...

The sun came out this week, the temperature rose a little bit, and my mind got to wandering. The first sunny, warm day of the year always conjures up the same image in my head. In Northern Michigan, this day didn’t normally come until late March, or even early April. One year, in the midst ...