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Trump ignores the toll of rising prices on average Americans

Editorial

With his approval ratings hovering at near record lows, President Donald Trump took a rare trip to the West Coast to convince voters not to trust their own wallets, because the economy is better than ever. Never mind that since he took office last year, Americans have been forced to spend more on food and rent. That utility prices are soaring while Trump slashed renewable energy alternatives. Or that thanks to his tariffs, the average price of a new car jumped 10%, while his failed war in Iran boosted gas prices by more than 30%. To borrow a phrase from the last inept White House ...

Bitter, unglued comedian Cho claims ‘trans genocide'

Columns

Advocates for transgenderism consistently present opposition to their agenda as not just incorrect but dangerous. We’re used to the Trevor Project folks asserting that resisting someone’s urge to identify as the opposite of their actual biology creates a risk of suicide. Sadly for them, ...

Our responsibility in our short time in this universe

Columns

It was a meeting-heavy week. They were mostly one on one, which I like best, but those tend to take the most effort. The morning of day three, bracing for more meetings and sitting outside a cafe with the creeping heat starting, I watched a mother and son walk past me into the shop. Cute, I ...

Time to check trees for invasive Asian beetle

Editorial

Residents in the region need only look at what likely is a dead ash tree — perhaps already a stump — in their yard or neighborhood to know the devastation that can be done by an invasive species. Since first being discovered in the U.S. in 2002 in Michigan, the emerald ash borer has all but wiped out ash trees across the Midwest and northeastern states, spreading as far as Colorado and Texas. Now, another invasive insect threatens to do the same to at least 12 varieties of hardwood trees, most notably our beloved maples. So Michigan’s Invasive Species Program and the U.S. ...

Isn’t it time to fix our Mideast oil problem?

Columns

“We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can’t do if we do it together.” — President Joe Biden I am not in the habit of favorably quoting the former president, but he was right when he said this. Why, then, are we still beholden to Iran and Saudi Arabia for so ...

Mainstream Dems may be ready to take back the wheel

Columns

You couldn’t find a wackier candidate than Francesca Hong, the Democratic Socialist vying to become the governor of Wisconsin. She wanted to defund police and abolish ICE, topping it all off with a call to end Thanksgiving. “Saturday Night Live” couldn’t have made her up. Hong lost ...