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Trump’s success: Who’d have thunk it?

Who’d have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power seems undermined by imperial overstretch, and the mullahs of Iran have been unable to defend their skies and their leaders’ hotel rooms from Israeli attacks. Leaders of the two largest nations in the European Union have been repudiated. Germany’s coalition is on the way out after the implosion of longtime consensus policies — open doors to “refugees,” shutdown of nuclear power, and dependence on Russian natural gas. And in France, Emmanuel Macron, the ...

Make anti-racism your New Year’s resolution

People take part in health challenges all the time, especially as New Year’s resolutions. We count our steps, track our water intake and count carbs and calories with the intention of being healthier in the new year. There’s one more health challenge I want you to consider for 2025 — the Anti-Racism Challenge. According to UCLA Health, “structural racism and everyday discrimination can lead to many negative effects on health, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, preterm birth, anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.” So, while you’re working on your own health in ...

In the new year, have your home tested for radon gas

The new year is only days away. One resolution homeowners should make is to test for radon, health experts advise. January is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a tasteless, odorless and colorless radioactive gas that is created through natural processes in soil and rock. The level of radon in the outdoor atmosphere is not harmful to people, but radon can concentrate indoors, leading to harmful levels within a home, according to a news release from Public Health, Delta and Menominee Counties. There are no short-term health effects associated with radon; however, long-term exposure ...

We the People will prevail

The holidays provide an apt time to pause and assess where we are. You have every reason to be worried about what happens after Jan. 20. Many people could be harmed. Yet I continue to have an abiding faith in the common sense and good- heartedness of most Americans, despite the outcome of the election. Many traditional Democratic voters did not vote — either because they were upset about the Biden administration’s support for Benjamin Netanyahu or they were unmoved by Kamala Harris. Others chose Trump because their incomes have gone nowhere for years and they thought the ...

The decline of the Wall Street Journal

Many American institutions have beclowned themselves in the past 10 years — too many to list. To count the right-leaning institutions that have not succumbed to Trumpian populism takes only one hand. But the decline of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page has been particularly galling because, compared to the Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College or the Claremont Institute, it had farther to fall. In the pre-Trump era, the paper had some integrity. While the board was broadly aligned with the Republican Party, its editorials didn’t hesitate to differ with Republicans on ...

Kash as king: A hatchet man comes to town

It’s in vogue since Donald Trump’s election last month to suggest that using words like “autocrat” or “strongman,” let alone “fascist,” to describe the once and future president is bad form at best and terribly out of line at worst. The problem with this suggestion is what the president says and what he does; other than that, there’s no particular cause for alarm. “I am your retribution,” Trump has vowed to audiences cheering for anyone to be locked up other than Trump, whose conviction on 34 state felony counts stands even as indictments on a series of federal ...