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Racing to the season

Halloween is a fun night in our neck of the woods. Our youngest daughter is well past the age when adults need to monitor every move while trick-or-treating, but the camaraderie of us adults walking around the streets, saying hi to both strangers and friends keeps our neighborhood caravan ...

My time with J.D. Vance

The call from the White House to the TV-6 news director in Lansing was short and to the point. Apparently they're busy down there doing something and have little time to waste."Vice President J.D. Vance is coming to Howell this week, would you like a five minute interview with him?' The ...

Heaven's message to a humble home  

I know it’s just early November, but soon the sights and sounds of Christmas will become ubiquitous. And since I only have two slots in this space before Christmas this year, I’ll use them to give my thoughts on the story itself, specifically how God provided for the little family. First, ...

The MAGA movement forgot what populism is

Tuesday's election wasn't a blue wave or even a blue tsunami: It was a blue apocalypse. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), who leads the one notable bright spot on the map, referred to the wipeout as "close to an extinction-level event" for the GOP. It was the worst midterm defeat for one party in over a half-century. Much of the postmortem conversation has focused on why this massacre happened. Was it the Iran war? Was it the tariffs? Was it corruption? Was it the "Epstein files" mess? The answer is both simpler and more sweeping: The MAGA movement, which has defined the GOP during the ...

A year in the life at ACC

In a year filled with highlights, watching ACC student Charlie Best score the winning goal in ACC’s Region 8 national Esports championship game has to rank near the top. Part of it was the setting, in the Fitzpatrick Family Commons, watching the Rocket League action on the big screen. ...