Nominations sought for Governor’s Service Awards
Know a person, business or organization in Michigan that goes above and beyond in doing volunteer work? Here’s a chance to have that service recognized. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission are encouraging Michiganders to nominate individuals, businesses and organizations that have made a difference for others for the 2026 Governor's Service Awards. “Every day, in communities across our state, Michiganders step up to help each other and make a difference,” said Gov. Whitmer. “At the Governor’s Service Awards, we recognize these outstanding ...
What does Trump’s $12B farmers’ bailout say about his tariffs?
Suppose someone randomly walks up to you, cuts you with a knife — and then offers you a bandage. You might accept the bandage but would you be grateful about it? Stretch the parable a little: Suppose the bandage wasn’t nearly big enough for the wound? Serious economists left, right and center have long warned that weaponizing tariffs is almost always self-defeating economic policy. Reasonable, stable tariffs have their place in trade relations, but President Donald Trump sometimes seems to be the only person in the country who thinks his unpredictable, pugilistic deployment of ...
Supreme Court is failing its most important job
In early November, a conservative Supreme Court justice showed a clear-eyed understanding of the threat that President Trump poses to the constitutional order. During an oral argument in a case involving tariffs that Mr. Trump unilaterally imposed by claiming emergency powers, Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested that the move could weaken Congress in an enduring way. “What president’s ever going to give that power back?” he asked. Justice Gorsuch’s realism in a case involving a signature policy of Mr. Trump’s second term raises the so far elusive prospect that the court may ...