The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, "If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!" Good for ...
The US Department of Defense — newly renamed the Department of War by the Trump administration — has opted to wage its first war of the new era not on the battlefield but within the bowels of the Pentagon pressroom. The department issued a memo to reporters, saying they would be required ...
The Michigan State Police is once again taking part in a national initiative that encourages residents to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription pills. All of MSP’s 31 posts will participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. This is one ...
To the Journal editor: Why does U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, have such a strange fixation on immigrants? I received an email survey from his office about the budget and the government shutdown. The only specific thing mentioned was that the Democrats want to increase spending on ...
I don't get politicians who rail against billionaires. There are all kinds of billionaires. Many got rich inventing products we hold dear. Others got rich doing societally useless things like inventing crypto meme coins. And some made their pile through corruption and crime. This is about ...
I am a journalist. And proud of it. I hope my readers, whether in newspapers, magazines or online, also feel that’s a title worthy of pride. True, journalists and the news media are being targeted and maligned, and polls show public trust in the press is declining. But what isn’t up ...