Every Sunshine Week, the Michigan Press Association honors a public official who advances open government. This year, for the first time, we’re giving no award. That’s how cloudy it is over transparency in Michigan. “Unfortunately, this year’s legislative and policy landscape does not ...
Four years and 25 days. Twenty days. There's a huge difference between those two numbers. The first number — 1,486 days altogether — is the length of time since Russian troops crossed the Ukraine border on Feb. 22, 2022, and headed for Kyiv. The second number — just 20 days — is the ...
Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times ...
How can an American president inadvertently enhance a "true threat" to America and the world - Russia? President Donald Trump eased oil sanctions on Russia previously put in place due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With the rising cost of oil due to the troubles in the Strait of Hormuz, ...
The reason why we have the Fifth Fleet, one of the most awesome naval forces ever assembled in the history of mankind, is to protect the sea lanes in the Middle East. That the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively closed is not just a blow to the global economy and a key point of leverage for ...
To the Journal editor: Where there's thunder, lightning will follow. Loud thunder can be indicative of how close it is. And the one Mississippi, two M... count is a sort of measure of how near lightning will strike. Thunderstorms and lightning can be exciting to hear and view from a ...