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Opinion

Trump can’t stop backing down

Columns

Does it sometimes seem as though too many people have never learned the lessons of the schoolyard? If you capitulate to a bully, you will be bullied forever. If you stand up to him, he will back down. What's true on the playground is also true in the office, in politics and in international ...

DOJ takes down Epstein-related files over victim information

Columns

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and "media" that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on ...

Almanac for Feb. 3, 2026

Columns

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2026. There are 331 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1959, which would become known as "the day the music died," rock ’n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear ...

Caution needed to stay safe on winter roadways

Editorials

“Drive slow in ice and snow.” It’s a catchy phrase we’ve become used to hearing. But warmer-than-normal weather may have put the pesky reality of wintry conditions out of our minds up until recently. During the 2022-2023 winter season, Michigan recorded a total of 30,786 crashes ...

American Gestapo/American Psycho

Columns

Last week, a half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, by spraying pepper spray into his eyes, pushing him to the ground, stealing his lawfully owned and carried handgun and then shooting him nine times in the ...