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Opinion

Swami is cycling

Editorials and columns

Every season runs in cycles, fall leaves turning, the first snowfall of winter, budding out of trees in the spring and the green grass of summer. Swami's take is a little different from that of nature. Football is a game that can determine when cycles are in full bloom, ice cold, trying to bud ...

Embracing the coziness of autumn

Editorials and columns

I woke up, ate breakfast, and then sought the comfort of the living room couch, a familiar feeling of depression settling over me. The ache of arthritis and a dropped cup of tea left me feeling defeated, murmuring to myself, "The old grey mare ain't what she used to be." But the woods were ...

Kids Count data paints a picture of needs in Michigan

Editorials and columns

Piecing together a Healthy Future Michigan’s Kids Count data shows that raising healthy children is like assembling a puzzle: housing, food security, health care, education and economic stability must all fit together for every child to thrive. Too many of those pieces are missing today, ...

The awakening few see coming

Editorials and columns

PITTSBURGH — If you were looking for young people distraught over Sept. 10's brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk here, you were looking in the wrong place. They went to The Sanctuary church by the busloads. Even Pastor Jason Howard was taken aback by the size and scope of the number of ...