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Stay clear of foam on lakes, rivers

With summer approaching, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recommends Michigan residents and visitors avoid foam on Michigan lakes, rivers, streams and other surface waters. Foam can form on any body of water. It can be white, off-white or brown; have an earthy or fishy ...

The Wilson-Biden cover-ups

The massive cover-up of Joe Biden's mental and physical decline, which is only now being revealed by certain media types who were part of it, reminds me of a similar event more than a century ago. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke on Oct. 2, 1919, leaving him barely able to work. ...

Trump embraces South Africans — the white ones

President Trump's refugee policy reminds me of what automaker Henry Ford supposedly said about his company's Model T: "A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it's black." So it is with the Trump administration's policy toward refugees who are fleeing war or ...

What if Trump ditches the tariffs too quickly?

I hope Trump pushes forward on tariffs. Hear me out. He has already backtracked faster than a hiker who spies a rattlesnake. Trump spent the first weeks of his second term spitting out tariff rates in a twitchy staccato. On Feb. 1, he announced 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada ...

The inescapable answer to America’s problems? Fix Congress

Pretty much on a daily basis now, I find myself muttering or shouting, "If only Congress wasn't broken," or something to that effect. I'm happy to acknowledge that our problems have many causes. Still, here's my answer to the question "What is one thing you would do to solve — or just ...

Just call it tariff folly

Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, "Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!" Reborn because of his tariffs, which he called, "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." This is just wrong. The first time he was president, Trump raised tariffs on ...