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Registry helps keep Michigan kids safer

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel encourage Michigan parents and schools to sign up for the state’s ProtectMiChild Registry during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. ProtectMiChild is a free and secure program that keeps kids safe from adult-oriented ...

Bills continue Democrats’ union paybacks

Democratic lawmakers have introduced two bills that will serve no other purpose than to enrich the labor unions that financially support their party. It’s raw political backscratching aimed at boosting union resources and thus cementing Democratic control of Lansing. House Bill 4235, ...

Christie’s Chronicles: The learning curve never ends

You always learn something new. Recently I went to a local pharmacy to purchase a pill splitter as my pug needed half-dosages every 12 hours for a malady I won’t disclose due to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, even if it doesn’t apply to dogs. When I got there, ...

Foreign person comes for Tucker Carlson’s job

It wasn’t his nightly rants, his contempt for American democracy, his racism, his willingness to spread ludicrous conspiracy theories. It was the money. When Tucker Carlson was making money for Fox, boss Rupert Murdoch was perfectly fine with his star carnival attraction. But when Carlson ...

What’s flying: The gift of spring

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” - Joyce Meyer W It has been a tough wait for Spring. That light blanket of snow last Tuesday morning felt like a blizzard as the early dawn light revealed its illegitimate presence. It did not last ...

Tucker Carlson, not just Trump, damaged conservatism

Tucker Carlson has left the building. That in itself was unusual because Carlson hadn’t been in the building most other days over the last couple years. He rarely went into the Washington or New York bureaus, preferring his own private studios in Maine and Florida — comfortable silos from ...