Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is constantly introduced in effusive tones as senior pastor at Martin Luther King's Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Democrats and their media allies love to trot him out to suggest their party is more Christian than the Republicans. On National "Public" Radio on ...
A president orders the onset of hostilities -- war -- without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy. But in the enemy capital, no one surrenders or will ...
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy secured the top three spots for the most "outstanding" ratings among presidents in a recent survey of U.S. adults. What do the presidencies of the Virginia planter, prairie rail-splitter and Boston war hero have in common? All three laid ...
Enbridge Line 5, EGLE Has One Chance To Get This Right This are my written comments to EGLE’s open hearing on the Enbridge Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac. The Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes Energy (EGLE) has a once in a lifetime decision to make, a decision ...
Michigan voters will decide in November whether to stage the state's 5th constitutional convention since 1837. Up until now there have been four such gatherings resulting in 148 changes to state laws via that so-called Con-Con. In 1961, the last time there was such an effort, a civil group ...
Since I’ve been far too busy lately to write another column for this space, here’s a highly abridged version of the speech I gave at the 2026 Alpena High School graduation held at the stadium. “What a joy to be here. What a privilege to be able to speak to some of my favorite people ...