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The News missed the Fauci story

Letters to the Editor

On Wednesday, July 29, Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘testified’ in front of a congressional committee about his actions during the 2020-2022 Covid pandemic. If you are a reader of the Alpena News and didn’t get to watch the hearing that morning, you might not know that the hearing was held. The News’ editions of Thursday through today, Monday August 3, did not include a single news article about the hearing. Today, Monday, August 3, the editorial page finally contained a column by Tim Graham titled "Journalists want to bury their fawning friendship with Fauci”. In the column he detailed ...

Family should never become a political battleground

Editorials and columns

There are some disputes that belong in a courtroom. Others belong around a family table. Very few belong in the court of public opinion. When family conflicts involving public figures spill into headlines, cable television and social media, the public often assumes it is witnessing a search ...

DSA says it can cure all

Editorials and columns

The Michigan primary election is over. I hope you took the time to vote, either in person or by mail. Voting is more than just a right or privilege, it’s a responsibility granted to us by our Founders who intended for, "We the People of the United States” to govern ourselves. The way we do ...

Four-letter words are no substitute for thought, onscreen or in politics

Editorials and columns

Swearing was once rare, reserved to convey the utmost shock, pain or rage, or the deepest disappointment, disgust or disbelief. The audiences at "Gone with the Wind" in 1939 were scandalized and titillated when Scarlett O'Hara asked Rhett Butler what would become of her if he left, and Rhett, played by Clark Gable, replied, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." At the signing of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Vice President Joe Biden told President Barack Obama, "This is a big f---ing deal." The then-veep at least had the discretion to whisper the obscenity, but his words were ...