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, ...
"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 ...
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 ...
At a time when Michigan continues to rank abysmally low in education nationally, the Invest in MI Kids ballot proposal is a symbol of hope and promise for the future of our state’s education system and the young students walking through the doors of our public schools. It proposes a 5% tax ...
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools who don’t have enough brains to be honest. I am not smart enough to lie. I would be caught immediately. I would forget my lie and would be caught. Its much easier just to tell the truth. Except when it could hurt someones feelings, like when they ask “How do you like my new haircut?” And you think it looks horrible. I am floating on the Pacific Ocean, and I can truthfully say there is nothing like water for serenity. Almost as much as the trees and critters of Northern Michigan, it fills my soul. The waves rock the ship and ...
The Winter Olympics had its thrills and spills -- and a deep philosophical divide represented by two American, or American-born, athletes. Jack Hughes, the gold medal-winning American hockey player for the U.S. team, gave voice to a patriotic reflex in his heartfelt expressions of love of ...
