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Dems losing hold on California, California losing hold on country

Last week’s Super Tuesday results ensured the renominations of former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, barring some unanticipated adverse health events. So, who’s going to win in November? Polls give us clues. Trump continues to have the small but persistent lead in public ...

DNR officers play vital role

Mention local law enforcement and most people think of police, their sheriff’s department or Michigan State Police. But there’s another branch that plays a vital role in the state, especially in the heavily forested lands of the Upper Peninsula: conservation officers with the Department of ...

Hiding behind fees isn’t what FOIA is all about

Governments are people and, from time to time, people do embarrassing things. Things they’d rather not display — like a mural on the side of a big Detroit skyscraper. However, in the matter of a half-dozen such large-scale murals, and the investigation into whether the deal was on the ...

Degrowth: It’s what the left is up to these days

The left has a new goal: degrowth! We should “buy less stuff,” forgive debts, grow our own food, etc. They say this will “build a more just and sustainable society” and “save the planet” from “climate chaos.” This idea is popular with capitalism-haters. One at a ...

President, Congress need an intervention

When some people appear beyond help because of addiction or other circumstances they can’t control, family members have been known to stage an intervention. Congress and President Biden need an intervention as their addiction to spending exceeds anything seen in history. In his State of the ...

Case for nauseous optimism

I chose the word nauseous over cautious because my stomach is churning at the very possibility Trump could get a second term. But I don’t believe that will happen. The progressive forces in America are overtaking the regressive. I’m not paying attention to polls. It’s way too early to ...