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Opinion

The shadow war against President Trump

Editorials and columns

The joint American-Israeli military operation against the Iranian regime is now three weeks old, but there is another war -- a more silent one -- raging here on the home front. President Donald Trump's second administration is facing a highly coordinated shadow war -- one waged both by some ...

Iran is losing. Why pretend otherwise?

Editorials and columns

Don't fall for the propaganda. Iran is not holding its own in this conflict. It is being systematically dismantled. One by one, the senior figures of the Islamic Republic have been eliminated: generals, security chiefs and regime power brokers. The country's leadership has been decapitated at ...

Rural OB-GYN on why northern Michigan needs Rx Kids

Editorials and columns

I still remember one of my patients from early in my career as an obstetrician in northern Michigan. She lived nearly an hour from our clinic. One winter morning she arrived late to her prenatal appointment, apologizing as she walked through the door. The roads were icy, her car wasn’t ...

Measuring adventure against risk

Editorials and columns

When getting up from a squat feels like an extreme sport and you can throw your back out dancing in the shower, an honest question surfaces: how do we measure adventure versus risk? We can easily see adventure-seekers and extreme sports athletes whenever we open social media or turn on the ...

Who’s Afraid of a Trillionaire?

Editorials and columns

Early this year, we learned that Elon Musk may become the first trillionaire in world history. My friends on the left of the political spectrum have been fuming about this story as the ultimate example of the rich getting richer and the poor getting crumbs. When I appeared on "Real Time ...