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On September 11 and the politics of evil

Three days after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the worst and most murderous attack on the United States in history, President George W. Bush declared “a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance.” He went to the National Cathedral and spoke to the nation, casting the horrible ...

Legalized shoplifting becomes a racket

You could blame Victor Hugo. In 1846, the French novelist observed a young man being arrested for holding a loaf of bread he stole. Deeply touched, he fashioned his novel “Les Miserables,” published in 1862, around the character Jean Valjean, who is imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a ...

ID’ing lost military crew members a noble cause

It’s never too late to bring closure for relatives of the people who served in the military and lost their lives. Military scientists recently identified the remains of a U.S. Army airman from Michigan who died with 10 other crew members when a bomber crashed in India after a World War II ...

Migrant surge a disaster for learning

Democratic politicians and the liberal media made the first day of school all about welcoming migrant children. That’s sheer propaganda. Parents deserve the truth. The migrant surge is a disaster for their kids. The surge will worsen our education system’s twin failures: plunging math ...

On No Labels, no fables and betrayals

I had trouble sleeping recently. I made the mistake of looking at a lot of voting data before bedtime and then reading some of the BS being put out by the third-party group “No Labels,” as well as by my old friend Cornel West, who’s now running for president as the Green Party candidate. ...

A reminder that it’s ‘OK2SAY’ when hearing about threats

As schools embark on a new academic year, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, State Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice and Michigan State Police Director Col. Joe Gasper are teaming up to remind parents and students alike that Michigan’s student safety program OK2SAY is a valuable resource ...