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Editorials and columns

Journalists can promote ‘sedition’ when it’s ‘ICE resistance’

After some Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol in 2021, the national media aggressively reported on people who showed disrespect for the Capitol Police and for the rule of law itself. They touted groups like "Sedition Hunters" who aided Biden's Justice Department in prosecuting Trump backers ...

Christmas Eve with Papa

On many a Christmas Eve, I recall sitting in the back seat of my parent’s van, driving home to Portage from our grandparents house in Kentwood or Byron Center depending on the time period. We shivered in the van until it warmed up and zipped down the highway under the night sky, Christmas ...

Look at the whole picture

What if you went through every room in your house and rid yourself of everything you don’t use, things you just keep because you haven’t taken the time to do anything with them? We are in the process of redoing several rooms in our home. When I went through the decorations I had in my ...

If young people want more affordability, they should get jobs

Polls show that the age group of Americans most worried about "affordability" are the 20- and 30-somethings. That's young millennials and Gen Z. Why are they so financially stressed out? One reason things seem so unaffordable to young people is that too many aren't working hard -- they are ...

‘Iryna’s Law’ and the Bad Judges Who Make It Necessary

What will it take to get crime under control in our subways and public transit systems? On Monday, news broke of another passenger set on fire in New York City's subway -- though this story wasn't all it seemed. The homeless man who at first said he was the victim of an attack turned ...