On the Sunday evening of Labor Day weekend, after a delightful dinner with close friends, I tripped over one of those ubiquitous electric rent-a-scooters. I went down hard, landing on my knee and arm, though luckily not hitting my head. At home that night, I couldn't even bend my left elbow ...
Loathing of President Donald Trump and his trash-talking trade wars has launched Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney into the socialist stratosphere. Try not to laugh at this headline from Rolling Stone Canada: "How Mark Carney Became Leader of the Free World by Standing Up to Trump." This ...
Casting a ballot is more than just a civic duty; it is a powerful tool that allows us to shape our community, our state, and our nation. Every single election is important. Presidential elections are exciting and get a lot of press. However, local elections shape your world as much as, or more than national elections. You should vote – every single election, big or small. Okay, it is important for all U.S. citizens to vote. We can all agree on that. There are several ways to vote and it may seem confusing. There are two main things you need to do: 1) Check your voter ...
The midterm elections are right around the corner, and both parties are about as popular as a Monday-morning visit to the DMV. The time-tested solution? Find a scapegoat, go negative, and blame the other side. This year the weaponized bogeyman is artificial intelligence. Many Americans are falling for the anti-AI information operation. They shouldn't. A new poll from Politico has the grisly details: 63% of Americans think AI has the potential to "destroy humanity." A majority of both Democrats and Republicans now think AI could herald the apocalypse. That's quite a sea change ...
On Monday night, I met with a room of Alpena residents to listen. Since we launched this campaign, we've hosted more than a dozen town halls. Like every one before it, I left with a laundry list of the things keeping Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula families up at night. The cost of groceries and gas is bursting families' budgets. District 1 residents are driving further for medical care. While they hold our communities together, our farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses are hurting from tariffs and inflation. In Oscoda and Grayling, people still live with PFAS contamination ...
American businesses have long practiced what political scientists call regulatory capture. A company that cannot repeal a law takes control of the people the government put in charge of enforcing it. The airlines did it to the Civil Aeronautics Board, which in 40 years never approved a new ...
