What's the big deal about Hungary? It's a central European country with 9.5 million people -- slightly less in population and area than the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. But it's been the subject of more care, attention and debate in America than any other country in Europe or the Western ...
"War is Hell," said Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1879. Pope Leo and three cardinals of the Catholic Church who appeared last Sunday on "60 Minutes," agree. The problem for these theologians is that for them it appears war is only Hell when it is engaged in by the United States ...
A handful of sparks flew at the usually laid back, relatively speaking, Marquette County Board of Commissioners meeting earlier last week when the panel voted 3-2 in favor of a resolution entitled, "Resolution in Support of the People." This innocuous label obscured what the document was really about: keeping the federal government, specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, out of Marquette County or, as an alternative, somehow compelling them to behave decently if ever they do show up here. Commissioners Karl Numinen, Dana LaLonde and Karen Alholm voted yes on the ...
“We don’t want to become the next Traverse City.” I’ve heard this my whole life living in the Upper Peninsula, but rarely does anyone explain what that actually means. At face value, it’s about rising housing costs and crowded streets. But those are symptoms. The real issue is a lack of planning, vision, funding, and infrastructure to support growth. At their core, Grand Traverse County and Marquette County share the same asset: natural beauty. And right now, we also share a similar challenge – growing tourism demand without a clear plan to manage it or the funding to ...
"The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone — the most ...
Call him the "antisocial" media president. When a president attacks the Pope, he telegraphs: "There's nothing I won't do or say." That is a profoundly troubling message. There are no lines I won't cross, no rules I won't break, President Donald Trump is telling the whole wide world. ...
