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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 a village (community) to raise a child.” The meaning of course is that everyone in a community is responsible for our children’s education and upbringing. Over the years the expression has been co-oped by organizations, religions, political causes and much more. But no matter how much the ...

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 ...

Iran can build dirty bombs using stockpile of highly enriched uranium

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Iran has the ability to make and deliver "dirty bombs" using conventional explosives in combination with its enriched uranium. These dirty bombs could be smuggled out of Iran and delivered by small airplanes, drones, ships or trucks.  Dirty bombs don't require a nuclear explosion. Rather, the detonation of a bomb using conventional explosives could spread radioactive material over large areas making parts of cities, ports and/or military bases uninhabitable.  Following our attack on Iran's nuclear production facilities last summer, it was believed that Iran ...

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 ...

JFK grandson proves TV still bends knee to Kennedys

Columns

When you hear liberals complaining about how the media today are in urgent danger of “bending the knee” to President Donald Trump, point and laugh and think about the Kennedy family. Journalists bending the knee to the Kennedys has been mandatory since the 1950s. That’s their most ...

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 department offices across the state. “Naloxone has already saved thousands of lives in Michigan, and we want to get this life-saving medication into as many hands as possible to help prevent overdose deaths,” Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive, said in a news release. “Naloxone has ...