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Opinion

Moderation in alcohol urged, especially among older people

Editorial

Keep tabs on your alcohol consumption, especially if you are getting older, have health issues or take medications, urges the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Michiganders may react differently to alcohol as they get older than they did in their younger years as aging ...

Letter to the Editor: Gazans live in inhuman conditions

Letters To The Editor

After a year and eight months of continuous bombing in Gaza, neighborhoods have been completely destroyed, including hospitals, schools and universities. The civilians of Gaza have been forced to flee repeatedly to escape relentless bomb attacks. Months ago, the only source of clean water was ...

Harris won’t cure what ails the Democratic Party

Columns

By JONAH GOLDBERG William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was the last commander in chief born a British subject and the first member of the Whig Party to win the White House. He delivered the longest inaugural address in history, nearly two hours, and had the ...

It’s time to start thinking about tomorrow (again)

Columns

By KEITH RAFFEL In 1992, Bill Clinton chose the Fleetwood Mac tune “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” as his campaign theme song. So much seems quaint from those Clinton presidential years — a shrinking national debt, gun control legislation, expanded health coverage for children ...

USDA invites comments on reorganization plan

Editorial

On July 24, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will relocate thousands of federal employees and close a regional U.S. Forest Service office in Milwaukee. The changes are expected to reduce the USDA’s footprint ...

Which scandal gets defined as a ‘distraction’?

Columns

By TIM GRAHAM There’s something funny in scandal politics when people accuse each other of pushing a “distraction.” So if Donald Trump tries to change the subject to Russia collusion-hoaxing, it’s a “distraction” from the media’s energetic Jeffrey Epstein obsession. All this ...