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People I don’t want to see next year

There are media heavies we saw written about, talked about, day after tedious day, month after tiresome month. May the obsession over them fade in 2023. Mehmet Oz. Donald Trump’s hand-picked TV doctor lost his quest to win an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania, but his ads live on. One ...

What do we do about Clarence Thomas?

Trump’s legal problems are mounting — with growing probability of criminal prosecutions for his attempted coup, theft of top-secret documents, and tax fraud. You know where all this is going to end up, right? The Supreme Court. What are the chances that Trump’s three appointees along ...

TikTok needs to just leave

I’ve wiled away the half-hours on TikTok, time I’ll never get back. I won’t say there haven’t been moments. I’ve seen some super breakdancing, useful cleaning tricks and a cat working a door knocker. But the scrolling short videos do turn tedious after a short while. At least for ...

2022: Weak Russia, China, US economy

2022 was a year full of surprises. Important things didn’t work out as many people had expected on just about every point on the political spectrum. The prime example: Ukraine. When Vladimir Putin’s Russian troops invaded on Feb. 24, it looked like an independent Ukraine was toast. ...

Ending Title 42 would exacerbate border crisis

The U.S. teeters on the brink of a complete meltdown at the border, and yet the Biden administration is still consumed with blame-shifting and evasions. Whatever happens at the border must be the fault of the prior administration, Joe Biden’s critics, or circumstances beyond anyone’s ...

Big to-do for the Soo

Action by the U.S. Senate (recently) is a multibillion-dollar boon to Michigan in many ways, but the biggest deal of all is its approval of $3.2 billion to complete a new Soo Lock at Sault Ste. Marie. We’ve been writing about this project for years, but Thursday’s action in the Senate ...