For reasons that will baffle my many detractors, I am often asked for advice about being an opinion journalist. One of my standard responses is: You have to be willing to disappoint your biggest fans. What I mean is that if you start to see your job as telling fans what they want to hear, you ...
To the Journal editor: Nobody has proposed a data center or a reactor in the Upper Peninsula and nobody may. But the rules get set before any proposal arrives and that is when residents have the most say. So here is a question that costs nothing to ask now: if a nuclear project’s revenue falls short, what happens to its safety budget? First, what Washington is doing. On July 15 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed retiring ALARA, its rule that exposure be kept as low as reasonably achievable and replacing it with a graded approach built on thresholds and cost tests. The legal ...
Electronic devices have become an essential part of everyday life, but disposing of them when they are no longer useful requires more thought than simply tossing them in the trash. Computers, televisions, phones and other electronics can contain harmful materials that do not belong in regular landfills. That is why local residents should take advantage of an upcoming e-waste collection in Harvey and give their unwanted electronics a safer, more responsible destination. The collection will take place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Ojibwa Casino, 105 Acre Trail, in Harvey. Supported ...
Older adults should be on the lookout this time of year for scams and high-pressure sales tactics during the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, which starts Thursday and extends through Dec. 7, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advised. "The Medicare Open Enrollment period is an important time for Michigan older adults to review their health insurance and prescription drug coverage options," DIFS Director Anita Fox said in a news release. "Unfortunately, it also opens the door for bad actors who may ...
To the Journal editor: “Elect Abdul El-Sayed and our country will be living under Sharia Law!” This scare tactic is being spread in the right-wing news, on social media, by word of mouth and in commercials paid by multi-millionaires. Repeat something false often enough and people will believe it. If elected to the United States Senate, Abdul will get one vote. Just one vote. How do you institute Sharia Law with one vote? For those interested in facts, Abdul was born and educated in this country. His platform is: • Money out of politics • Medicare for all • Money in ...
PARIS — Every time I start thinking that maybe I could permanently retire my gas mask from the early 2020s Yellow Vest riots here in France — the one with the handy hole for a beverage straw — it's time to drag it out again. This time, it's because French teenagers are burning down their ...
