Opinion

Almanac for Aug. 10, 2026

Today is Monday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2026. There are 143 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2020, a powerful derecho struck several Midwest U.S. states, causing four fatalities and an estimated $11 billion in damage, making it the costliest thunderstorm in modern U.S. history. Also on this date: In 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for treason, and executed.) In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state admitted to the Union. In 1945, a day after the ...

The normalcy of American wars

The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not state a coherent or lawful reason for doing so. His director of national intelligence and ...

ICE expects to equip officers with body cameras by month’s end

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Saturday it expects every officer and agent in the field to be equipped with a body camera by the end of August, a rapid expansion that could provide an unprecedented visual record of the federal government’s immigration ...

Cutting DNR stocking program a bad idea

Superiorland residents, indeed residents of the Upper Peninsula in general, who are of a certain age cringe when the word alewife is mentioned. That’s because even an average memory will vividly recall U.P. beaches in the 1960s and ’70s being a foot deep in dead alewives, reeking to high heavens, making swimming all but impossible. Where did they come from? These little invasive fish found their way into the Great Lakes from the ocean in the 19th and 20th centuries via canals. Once here, and facing no natural predators, they ate massive amounts of zooplankton, starving native fish ...

Naked dressing: From Studio 54 to the bridal procession

Brides should know that they already have a man. They don’t have to use their wedding to attract a date for Saturday night. They’ve supposedly secured one for the foreseeable future. Thus, it’s hard to figure how the fashion trend of “naked dressing,” lamentable even at nightclubs, ...

Editorial cartoon for Aug. 8, 2026