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Opinion

Is there a silver lining to these darkening clouds?

Editorials and columns

As a child, I was bullied and harassed for being short. I remember feeling powerless and vulnerable. I also recall my shame. I directed much of my anger at myself. A large portion of America has felt bullied and harassed for decades. They've worked their butts off but haven't gotten anywhere. ...

The fantasy of a decrepit Trump

Editorials and columns

The MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell believes he's on to a scandal — the U.S. president who held a snap summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and then immediately after, hosted a spontaneous meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and major European leaders at the White House, is so ...

Why would we want bad people here?

Editorials and columns

This week, news emerged that the Trump administration has been setting new standards with regard to incoming immigrants. According to Axios, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will now take into account the "positive attributes" of migrants entering the country; such attributes can ...

Will Trump help Ukraine stop Russia’s westward drive?

Editorials and columns

The extraordinary pair of meetings in the past week — the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday and Donald Trump's hosting of the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Finland, as well as the NATO alliance and the European Commission — were prompted by the latest ...

Wheat harvest in full swing in northern Michigan

Editorials and columns

Looking around the fields in northern Michigan a few weeks ago and you might have seen golden fields with wheat moving with the wind. That isn’t as prevalent anymore though. Winter wheat harvest is in full swing in northern Michigan. According to the Michigan Ag Council, wheat is farmed on ...