Opinion

The bad actors

Letters to the Editor September 12, 2026

In the aftermath of the revelation that APS school board member Monica Dziesinski hired an elite, down-state law firm to influence the outcome of the school board recall, there is a question that lingers in that stinky airspace. Many community members have wondered where the money came from to fund an expense of this magnitude. Estimates are that level of legal advice likely came with a $10,000-20,000 price tag. We should all pause on that thought for a moment. Did Dziesinski have an extremely successful bake sale or did she have a benefactor? If Dziesinski had a benefactor it would ...

The best of us: 25 years later, reflecting on windows of hope

Editorials and columns September 12, 2026

For those who remember the way savagery shattered serenity on Sept. 11, 2001, the last 25 years haven't dimmed the memory of the evil that occurred that day. One remembers the photos of the missing, murdered plastered on Manhattan's buildings and street poles and The New York Times obituaries ...

Supporting state’s workforce is key to a stronger Michigan

Editorials and columns September 12, 2026

This week, the Michigan League for Public Policy released a report to coincide with the Labor Day holiday. The goal was to share a current snapshot of Michigan’s labor force and advocate for ways to better support the workers who make up the backbone of our state’s economy. The report ...

When leftists pounced on the unity of 9/11

Editorials and columns September 12, 2026

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 ...

Peace cannot exist without justice

Letters to the Editor September 12, 2026

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 ...

How Sept. 11 impacted me growing up

Editorials and columns September 12, 2026

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 ...