Michigan’s presidential primary was historic thanks to Proposal 2, passed overwhelmingly by Michigan voters in 2022. As a member of the League of Women Voters of Northeast Michigan, I believe that voting is critical to the integrity of our democracy. That’s why I was excited to vote in ...
The Alpena County Board of Commissioners made the right decision when it sent the Alpena County Library board back to the drawing board on a proposed property tax increase. The library board asked the county board to place on the ballot a single question that would ask voters to raise the ...
On Monday, many were reminded of the power and beauty of the cosmos when Luna glided to cross paths with Ra in their magnificent celestial dance. Our eclipse was not full, but no less astonishing. My wife and I watched together. She has a disease of the mind and now only lives in the moment, ...
Not long ago, I wrote a column entitled “The way playgrounds used to be.” I lamented the loss of the big, gravity-challenging Twirl-a-Whirls, the tall steel slides one could run up to slide down, and those longboard teeter-totters capable of lifting troublesome taunters to heights that ...
I read today Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration quietly launched back in October a program to give up to $500 per month for up to 12 months to migrants and refugees for rent assistance. I guess this was done without input from the state Legislature. What is going on in our state and ...
Years ago, before I met my wife, before I got settled in my career, before I had money for anything, I lived for several years in a house owned by a friend. There were usually about four or five of us single guys paying a modest rent. We had meals together weekly, had a lot of fun, went to ...