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Opinion

No Kings? No clue…

Editorials and columns

What do you do when voters have rejected your party's policies and the losers have nothing new to offer? Answer: You stage large demonstrations that include name calling (this from Democrats who have called for "lowering" the rhetorical temperature). Anyone who believes last Saturday's "No ...

Public programs work to reduce child poverty

Editorials and columns

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau makes one thing clear: public programs work. Data from the 2024 Supplemental Poverty Measure shows child poverty in Michigan would double without supportive public policies like refundable tax credits, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

New Jersey’s wind debacle

Editorials and columns

In one of his classic New Jersey ballads, Bruce Springsteen sings of the sun "rising over them refinery towers." If New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy had gotten his way, the Boss would need to update the lyric to rhapsodize about enormous wind turbines looming on the horizon instead. Murphy's ...

Which Kind of Country Will We Be?

Editorials and columns

My two boys recently got new passports. The little books are gorgeously designed. On thick paper, drawings are etched of wheat fields and farmers, statues and monuments. Quotes from great Americans - former Presidents George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, as well as the ...

Congress + Math = 0

Editorials and columns

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) works with 38 countries supplying data they can use to improve policy decisions. They recently released data showing the U.S. ranked 28th out of 37 OECD countries in numeracy abilities. In other words, how well do American adults ...

Sports and politics – the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Editorials and columns

First, the good. There was a contest in 2000 that decades before Julius Erving and Michael Jordan made into "must watch TV"; it was the NBA's Slam Dunk contest. The victor that year, Vince Carter, practically coined the phrase "it's over" and made a recognizable gesture after an incredible slam ...