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Donald Trump's solution

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Big Numbers – Elon Musk, one single person, is worth more than one trillion dollars. $1,000,000,000,000.00. An unimaginable number that for our understanding equals one million, millionaires. Coming into office Donald Trump promised to deal with inflation and he has. He is now worth more than a billion dollars, or one thousand, millionaires. He has solved the inflation problem. He has now amassed so much wealth that he just doesn't have to care about inflation. How did they amass such wealth? Our government is broken. Donald Trump is in control. Divisive personal interests ...

To the wilderness I go

Letters to the Editor

Like an uncertain lamb, newly born, I have wobbled my way through a rocky terrain of finding purpose again after a decade of secularism, atheism, and agnosticism. It’s interesting how deep the roots are for religious belief as once I returned to the garden to inspect the roots I had left, ...

Concern about crash, Rogers City officials

Letters to the Editor

On April 22nd, I was involved in a fender bender in the front of my house. After I backed out my driveway, I was struck by my neighbor's large truck backing out of his driveway. Causing over $5000 worth of damage to the side of my smaller truck. My neighbor called the police while I contacted my insurance office. The officer arrived and took our statements. No scene photos were taken of the sustained damage to either vehicle. No tickets were issued. I began picking up broken parts, including those to his broken tail light assembly. Then, my neighbor retrieved a broom and swept up the ...

Support the police, not the criminal

Letters to the Editor

I could not believe what I read in the Friday, July 24 edition of The Alpena News. When growing up in Massachusetts in the 1940s, criminals were treated as criminals and law enforcement was honored and respected. That is when we had a decent Republic. Today, we are experiencing a rapidly spreading disease called “Democratic Liberalism” that will deeply destroy our country. President Obama said “we are a nation of cowards and hypocrites.” This recent shooting in Madison Wisconsin proves it. This has happened many times across the country where law enforcement was doing their ...

When postpartum becomes clickbait

Editorials and columns

Two stories have dragged the subject of postpartum depression into the center of the national conversation this week. First was the death of actress Hayden Panettiere at the age of 36, not long after speaking openly about her struggle with postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter. Second was the trial of Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts for the horrific killing of her three young children, with her defense claiming that she had been suffering from severe postpartum psychosis. And inevitably, social media has responded in the way social media always does: Everyone is ...

Life Isn't a race. My husband's college degree reminded me why

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My husband graduated with his bachelor's degree this summer at the age of 56. We ordered a cake and celebrated with friends and family. He had earned his associate's degree in accounting literally decades ago and had plans to continue his education, but life detoured him, as it likes to do. Then, a few years ago, his employer told him there would be no more promotions without earning his bachelor's degree. It felt like an empty box on his resume that just needed to be checked. Not having that diploma became a persistent barrier. College is expensive and time-consuming. So many ...