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Opinion

State police warn of newest telephone scam

Editorial

Another telephone scam apparently is making the rounds, according to the Michigan State Police. This most recent scam involving individuals posing as MSP personnel. Reports indicate scammers are calling residents falsely claiming they have missed a court date or have committed some type of ...

Obama better statesman than rough-and-tumble politician

Columns

By JAMIE STIEHM Happy 64th birthday it was on Monday to the 44th president, Barack Obama. Effortlessly cool, the first Black president proved a soaring speaker up there with John F. Kennedy, and the bringer of the Affordable Care Act. Also on the record — Obama never played hard against ...

Post checked facts the way it wanted to see them

Columns

By TIM GRAHAM Washington Post “fact checker” Glenn Kessler announced on Monday he’s hanging up his Pinocchios and accepting a generous buyout after 27 years. “Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing politicians in Washington, especially in this era, the financial ...

Wisconsin’s first West Nile case a warning

Editorial

Wisconsin health officials are again warning of the dangers of mosquito-borne diseases after detecting the first West Nile virus activity in the state for 2025, on the eve of its normal peak season. A human case of WNV illness has been reported in a Barron County resident in northwestern ...

Hey Democrats, autopsies are for the dead

Columns

By CAL THOMAS It’s being described by the media as an “autopsy,” an examination by Democrats as to why they lost the last presidential election and a congressional majority. According to The New York Times, the autopsy will not include Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term, or ...

Downwardly mobile still part of elite

Columns

By FROMA HARROP A dear millennial friend and I once had a fraught conversation. It came back to me upon reading that the demographic most receptive to socialist candidates and their far-left agenda was the urban “downwardly mobile elite.” My friend, the son of hard-working immigrants, ...