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Opinion

Forget the rainbow, let’s taste the vinegar

Editorials and columns

My mind wanders, and sometimes I just follow behind it, seeing where it goes. Driving to the gym recently, I debated bringing in my water bottle before remembering there was a water fountain inside. I started thinking about the person who designed the fountain itself, about the mechanics of ...

How to help boys

Editorials and columns

It would be better for boys if society stopped expecting them to act like girls. A Texas mom recently shared a video of her son at his kindergarten graduation. The clip shows him squirming in his chair, playing with his hands and stretching over his seat. She captioned the video, "You're six ...

Michigan’s house is on fire

Editorials and columns

The Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah and Henry Ford’s President & CEO made this very clear at the Mackinac Policy Conference this past week. The also made it clear that in order to correct the course, we must first recognize that we have a problem and then work ...

Aging is inevitable, becoming weak is not

Editorials and columns

When Alpena was founded, strength wasn't a hobby. It was a necessity. Loggers cut the timber that built America. Fishermen worked the waters of Thunder Bay. Sailors navigated the dangers of Shipwreck Alley. Families rebuilt after devastating fires. Cement workers helped construct the ...

Artificial intelligence: A modern Tower of Babel?

Editorials and columns

On May 25, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence." This pastoral letter has been much anticipated by the Catholic Church, and immediate news headlines expressed intrigue that the pope addressed ...