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Opinion

He huffs and puffs

Letters to the Editor

This has to be a first in Alpena Public School history. Eric Lawson, Alpena Public School Board President, has tried almost everything imaginable to discourage public input at school board meetings and now has most certainly taken an unprecedented step. In an attempt to intimidate the public ...

Our communities and our caregivers deserve safety

Letters to the Editor

Across the country, families are living with fear and uncertainty as cruel immigration policies terrify the very caregivers who hold our communities together. From child care providers to home health aides, immigrant caregivers play an essential role in caring for our children, supporting our ...

What is an American?

Letters to the Editor

The chaotic confrontation in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday -- when a demonstrator attempted to burn a Qur'an and Muslim counter-protesters surged -- was more than a brief flash of drama. Along with other recent controversies in Arab-majority Dearborn, such as when the Muslim mayor told a ...

Beware housing bills with socialist goals

Editorials and columns

The Democrats' lurch to the extreme left is accelerating at warp speed -- and Connecticut is the latest victim. The state legislature's Democratic supermajority last week rammed through a bill, HB 8002, that's a thinly disguised socialist wishlist. Cynically couched as a remedy for the ...