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Young voters spring (contradictory) surprises

What’s with young voters? It’s a question prompted by two surprising and perhaps contradictory developments that are out of line with conventional wisdom and prevailing expectations among political observers. One is the sharp difference in opinion between young voters and their elders on ...

Schools should drop gender identity obsession

Let’s make a deal. American parents stop harassing schools over library books that deal sympathetically with differences in sexual preference. And America’s schools stop withholding information about a student’s said preference from the parents. First, the ugly clashes over offerings at ...

Drone killings are just wrong

The Biden administration is killing people, openly in Ukraine and Gaza and secretly around the world. It has continued to use the killing machinery crafted by President George W. Bush, expanded by President Barack Obama and employed by President Donald Trump. These presidents have used drones ...

Recognizing veterans in small business

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has recognized this to be Veterans Small Business Week in Michigan, “to celebrate the positive contributions made by veteran-owned small businesses to our local communities and economies across Michigan,” the governor’s office stated in a news release. “During ...

MSU needs less intrigue, more sunlight

Scary things happen in the dark. Just look to Michigan State University, where a civil war that was raging among the eight board of trustee members in secret has spilled out into the open, much to the detriment of the school’s already battered reputation. The fight, which played out in a ...

World’s focus remains on Israel, but what about China?

While the whole world is talking about Israel, let’s take a moment to talk about China. Why? Well for starters, one of the reasons the whole world is talking about Israel, is that’s the way China wants it. In the wake of Hamas’ barbaric anti-Jewish pogrom on October 7, anti-Jewish ...