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Legislation misses mark

At the national Level, both the House (HR38) and Senate (S65) have introduced versions of a Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. Currently in Michigan, individuals must receive a permit to carry a concealed firearm. However, there are many states with permitless carry legislation. This means anyone in those states can carry a concealed, loaded weapon, without a permit, background check, or training. The proposed legislation would mean that all of those untrained individuals (who may well be criminals, as there is no background check) would also be able to carry their concealed weapon in ...

Moral panic?

"Mental health is declining," says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, "The Anxious Generation," is number one on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more than a year. Haidt argues that smartphones and social media have "rewired childhood" ...

What makes Trump’s power grab different?

For many, the evidence is in: Donald Trump wants to be an autocrat. If you haven't read an op-ed or heard a radio, TV or podcast commentator make that case, it's probably because you've tried hard to avoid doing so. It would require virtually never watching cable news, including pro-Trump ...

Feds defend their tortures again

While the public's attention this summer has been drawn to masked ICE agents arresting folks without warrants, presidentially imposed sales taxes on goods emanating from foreign countries that have been invalidated by three federal courts, and the fruitless Kabuki dance between President ...

Blue America starts to separate from Red America

It started quietly enough. MAGA Republicans put lunatic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services. He's forced top scientists to leave and slashed research in cancer, autoimmune diseases and other health threats. Thanks to him, getting the updated COVID ...

Emergencies should be obvious, and Trump’s obviously are not

By RICH LOWRY No matter what dictionary you consult, the definition of “emergency” is never “a chronic situation that the leader of a country would like to address using powers not otherwise available to him.” This, though, is how the Trump administration tends to define the ...