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Opinion

Trump’s Mar-a-White House

Columns

The building's facade is gone this morning — an ugly gash reminiscent of the smoldering Pentagon on 9/11. This disfigurement is not the act of terrorists or foreign foes. It's the work of our president. The East Wing of the White House, which has housed the visitors center, the office of the ...

Be ready when health insurance enrollment begins

Editorial

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is encouraging state residents to be ready for the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment period that starts Nov. 1. A record 530,000 Michiganders are currently enrolled in health insurance through the Marketplace. ...

A Trumpian Headache

Columns

President Donald Trump's use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process. The Constitution's guarantee of due process requires ...

Despite infighting, Democrats can still unite around one common goal

Columns

The only thing the parties can agree on is that Donald Trump is the central issue of our time. Let's start with a recent headline: "It's 2025, and Democrats Are Still Running Against Trump." "After a year of soul-searching and introspection by Democrats about what they should stand for ...

Bergman missed mark on shutdown

Letters To The Editor

I just got a letter from U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, that made me see red. He said that the government shut down because “Democrats blocked a straightforward measure.” Well, I suppose the measure is straighforward, straighforward in ceasing the Affordable Care Act subsidies that ...

The rare-earths travesty

Columns

In the 1960s, the conservative intellectual James Burnham wrote a book arguing that the decline of Western civilization was a self-imposed choice. The volume, famously called "Suicide of the West," desperately needs to be updated with an epilogue about the U.S. dependence on China for the ...