What you put first, you will keep. After all, most of us wouldn't mind a bit more money, but when you think about it, you already know where you can get it. You can always steal from the offering plate, push over a panhandling woman, scam a desperate friend. There's a bit of a trick, though. ...
The more than $2.1 million in federal fire grant funding headed to Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan communities is welcome news — and a reminder that protecting our residents begins with ensuring our firefighters have the equipment, training and staffing they need to do their jobs. For communities across the U.P., where rural distances, harsh winters and limited infrastructure can complicate emergency responses, these grants are more than financial assistance. They are investments in public safety, the people who provide it and the communities that depend on them. Seven Upper ...
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes ...
"The Tab Man" Jim Brolin of Florence, Wis., is still collecting pop tabs. I have teamed up with Stacey Lantagne of Florence to support families served by the Ronald McDonald House. Stacey's family has a personal connection to the cause. Several years ago, her family spent a month in Milwaukee when her grandson, Ezra, unexpectedly became critically ill. During that difficult time, her daughter and son-in-law, Kelsey and Skylar Newman of Kingsford, were able to stay at the nearby Ronald McDonald House while their 2-year-old son fought for his life next door at Children's ...
Watching the riots throughout France (the BBC laughably called them "mostly peaceful" while showing cities in flames, and U.S. media disagreed on whether they are the fault of the right or the left) made me think of the classic 1966 film "Is Paris Burning?" The plot was inspired by Adolf ...
Polls being what they are, Republicans and their supporters must be feeling a bit like the condemned Frenchmen who rode to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. It's fitting, then, that they are seizing on unrest in France as a desperate campaign gambit. "The Riots in France Are a Warning ...
