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Opinion

Lansing circus disappoints

Editorials and columns

We get what Republicans and a couple of Democrats are trying to do, but, as taxpayers and Michigan residents, the sideshow happening in Lansing right now is hard to watch. Last week, in the last days of the 2023-24 legislative session, Republicans walked out of the Capitol because legislative ...

Christmas is a time for joy

Editorials and columns

Revenge is not worth the effort or the angry feeling you have that spoils joy. I’d be glad of a retaliation that wouldn’t recoil on myself, but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends. They wound those who resort to using them worse than their enemies. We only have to look at ...

The celebration of a killing disgusts me

Editorials and columns

“Maybe we’re all just broken inside. Unable to really grasp the difference between fictional people and people we just don’t know. They’re all just abstract ideas we’re happy to have suffer for our enjoyment.” — Jonathan Sims, “The Magnus Archives: Season 3” Have we really ...

A curious appointment to the library board

Letters to the Editor

Last week, the Alpena County Board of Commissioners had the opportunity to maintain an Alpena County library board that has a unified vision and intent to steer the library in accordance with the policies and laws that regulate library functioning. Instead, and in violation of the Open ...

Welcoming winter and all that comes with it

Editorials and columns

Despite the snow we’ve seen these past few weeks, today officially marks the beginning of winter. Born and raised in Michigan, I’ve always loved seeing the full effect of four seasons each year, even the cold and sometimes brutal winters. Each season seems to play such a prominent role in ...

However you celebrate, may you be joyous

Letters to the Editor

Thanksgiving has passed, all the turkey decorations are put away, along with the Halloween pumpkins and goblins. We Americans love our holidays and show off a wonderful mixture of our ancestor’s traditions. No holiday speaks to those family traditions more than Christmas. Oh, the ...