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Opinion

State seeks public input on proposed firewood quarantine

Editorials

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is inviting Michigan stakeholders to provide comments on a proposed firewood quarantine. The proposed quarantine would restrict the movement of firewood originating outside the state of Michigan to help prevent the introduction and ...

It depends on where you stand

Columns

“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” – C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew Let’s start with the shooting of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent while attempting to drive away from ...

Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein probe

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House committee's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein even as Republican lawmakers prepare contempt of Congress ...

Almanac for Jan. 14, 2026

Columns

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2026. There are 351 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview he'd used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France ...

Living under ‘might makes right’ rule

Letters to the Editor

"Might makes right." You may have heard this over the past couple of weeks. It has been is used by our government to take over Venezuela. It is used by Russia to invade Ukraine. It is use by the Orthodox Israelis to justify the taking of Palestinian lands. When will our president use it next, ...