Not every American president has sounded the right notes for our national pain after the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Twelve days after Hamas unleashed its mass murder in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, President Joe Biden suggested that 9/11 was all about the Arabs and the Muslims. "I know ...
What this 9/11 anniversary means to me is mourning for the world, for all mankind, not just for our souls, alive and dead, but for our intellect, our ability to think critically and to investigate and question our reality in light of the truth, which is love and which cannot exclude justice. Sept. 11, to me, is one event in a series which unveils America’s imperialist mindset and her total war economic dependency since World War II and all the atrocities that have occurred as a consequence. It’s evidence that peace cannot exist without justice and that, as Americans, we are ...
I learned in my psychology class at ACC that eye-whitness testimony is not absolute because the human brain likes to reconstruct memories rather than play them back like a video. When you recall a memory, your brain fills in bits and pieces it lost over time to make a cohesive narrative. My ...
One big bundle of money, + 3 unprincipled APS board members = 4,300 disenfranchised Alpena County residents. Do these numbers add up? Karen Hansen Alpena
The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or go to school. About 870,000 families ...
In the perfect world, or place, or dimension, we are going to pray always (or popularly said, 24/7) in adoration of God who created and loves us forever. Beyond that I can say nothing about Heaven because it is way beyond me, and indeed unimaginable. Here on earth, we imperfectly stumble and stammer in our visiting with our Father. Following the guidance of Jesus and ‘The Lord’s Prayer’, we give much to adoration and thanksgiving to the Father, a lot to His mercy and forgiveness, a small bit to my ‘daily bread’ (He knows our needs and cares for us before we ask), and ...
