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A day to mark the work of conservation officers

Editorial

From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources: In honor of the 250 Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers who swore under oath to faithfully enforce the laws of Michigan and the rules and regulations of the DNR, and who patrol all 83 counties, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed Sunday as Conservation Officer Appreciation Day. As fully licensed law enforcement officers who serve a unique role in Michigan’s law enforcement community, DNR conservation officers consistently and honorably demonstrate their value to our state in a job that is anything but ...

Marquette Veterinary Clinic lauded

Letters To The Editor

We wish to thank both Dr. Brauer's and their staff of the Marquette Veterinary Clinic in Harvey for partnering with UPAWS to provide spaying and neutering services to pets purchased through UPAWS. Through their work with UPAWS, they provide a wonderful and important service to our community. We also wish to thank them for the top-notch job they did spaying our dog. She had no problems and healed in a week. As a matter of fact, in addition to our puppy, four of her litter mates were also spayed/neutered here on the same day. We have used Marquette Veterinary Clinic for all of our pet ...

Terror in Zohran Mamdani's New York

Columns

It's hard to get a more perfect metaphor for our times than a leftist braying on his bullhorn at a protest about how welcoming New York City is, then having a jihadist throw a bomb directly over his back. That's what happened to progressive influencer Walter Masterson last weekend when he ...

Political parties on perilous ground

Columns

As Donald Trump's Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump Democrats hold up Homeland Security funding in what looks to some like prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens, one is tempted to ask, ...

The reading wars

Columns

"My child can't read!" That's become a common complaint from parents. Why? It might be because kids are distracted by social media and video games. But I think it's also because reading instruction became lazy and political. "Progressives" at teachers' colleges pushed a reading ...

I asked AI!

Letters To The Editor

AI is at an inflection point where it can be used for good or evil. Investment and development of AI has grown exponentially in American and around the World, a technological arms race with no guardrails. We broke the programming paradigm, we taught AI to learn, and one day in the near future AI will teach and redefine itself without human intervention. AI may not have human conscience but designed to mimic how the biological brain functions. In the near-future will AI be partnered with to enhance society or control society? I decided to ask a popular AI agent a few questions, and below ...