We get what Republicans and a couple of Democrats are trying to do, but, as taxpayers and Michigan residents, the sideshow happening in Lansing right now is hard to watch. Last week, in the last days of the 2023-24 legislative session, Republicans walked out of the Capitol because legislative ...

Revenge is not worth the effort or the angry feeling you have that spoils joy. I’d be glad of a retaliation that wouldn’t recoil on myself, but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends. They wound those who resort to using them worse than their enemies. We only have to look at ...

“Maybe we’re all just broken inside. Unable to really grasp the difference between fictional people and people we just don’t know. They’re all just abstract ideas we’re happy to have suffer for our enjoyment.” — Jonathan Sims, “The Magnus Archives: Season 3” Have we really ...

Despite the snow we’ve seen these past few weeks, today officially marks the beginning of winter. Born and raised in Michigan, I’ve always loved seeing the full effect of four seasons each year, even the cold and sometimes brutal winters. Each season seems to play such a prominent role in ...

We’re not saying he doesn’t work hard. We’re not saying he doesn’t deserve it. We are saying the Alpena County Board of Commissioners’ recent decision to grant County Administrator Jesse Osmer a one-time, $4,100 year-end stipend sends the wrong message to taxpayers and to the rest ...

Our family’s newest birthday tradition is my favorite one ever. It’s rather simple. It includes my local troop of eight — my family of four, my parents, and Betsy’s parents. In the weeks prior to one of our birthdays, an anticipatory question emerges: “Where are you going to pick ...