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Opinion

How the worse political party is beating a very bad political party

Columns

If you ever thought the President Donald Trump-led Republican Party is bad, well the Democrats are worse. The Democrats lack politically astute leaders, as well as vision and discipline. They seem incapable of being on offense and are always on defense where it is difficult to score points and ...

It takes a village to reach these heights

Editorial

Sometimes an expression is used and/or overused to the point that its original meaning, no matter how pertinent, turns the expression into a cliche. Such is the case with the phrase that begins “It takes a village …” The original phase, which comes from Nigeria, translates to “It takes ...

We will prevail

Columns

Last week was a hard week. U.S. missiles and bombs have so far caused at least 1,168 civilian deaths in Iran, including 188 schoolchildren. Six American service members have perished. A direct line connects this violence with the U.S. government's violence over the past year against people in ...

State offers naloxone kits for drug overdoses

Editorial

The state is making available — at no cost — kits for treating a drug overdose, when minutes can make the difference between life and death. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is providing free naloxone, medication that reverses opioid overdoses, at local health ...

ICE Barbie is gone, but will immigration policy improve?

Columns

The worst of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s many terrible moments in her recent congressional hearings on immigration control probably came when she admitted to being unfamiliar with the shockingly appalling case of Marimar Martinez. She is the Chicago woman who managed to ...