Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in support of our local library, and of the right of an individual to have the freedom to read whatever he or she chooses. I would also like to encourage our county commissioners to appoint to the library board an individual who has experience, who ...
The Republican Party died on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, just after the U.S. Senate passed the Big Beautiful Bill. The Party had been in failing health for quite some time, and finally succumbed to a sad and debilitating addiction linked to financial insubordination. Many Americans mourned the loss ...
Well, maybe Alpena is no longer that well-kept secret. Last week, some 18 countries and 22 states arrived in Alpena to compete in the International ROV competition. To observe the diversity and blending of the thousands of people was encouraging and enlightening. With these people, our ...
Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed and passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and it's a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been supersized into a $4 trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn't tax reform. It's a ...
There are many who will gather this Fourth of July under the guise of celebration — barbecues, fireworks, flag-waving. But how many understand — truly understand — what they are celebrating? In an era where grievance has replaced gratitude, the Fourth of July has become a hollow ritual ...
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that judges are like baseball umpires. "Umpires don't make the rules," he said. Their job is "to call balls and strikes." In the case of Trump v. Casa decided on June 27, it appears a majority of the ...