Charlie Kirk has been called many things, including an influencer, especially of young people. A better label might be "converter." The power to speak truth in a way that changes a political mindset is better than influencer. Kirk possessed that power which led to his murder by a 22-year-old ...
Over the past several years, I’ve noticed a continual decline in attendance at my church and a greater decline in parents enrolling their children in religious education classes, traditionally referred to as Sunday School. The Sunday School program at my church has suffered for many years ...
To the editor: Recently, the Mining Gazette reported upon the theft of around 900 American flags taken from Michigan Tech's campus, and thrown in the dumpsters. These flags were part of a beautiful and grand display set up through hard work and honorable efforts by the Young Americans for Freedom group as a memorial to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Besmirching and vandalizing this remembrance goes beyond a prank (if such if was). It disrespects our country, our U.S. .flag, those who died on that date, kicks dirt at their loved ones left behind. This crime (call it what ...
Editor: Michigan has lost a lot of federal services this year. The National Weather Service is understaffed. The Department of Education is severely weakened. Health and Human Services has been disrupted by massive restructuring. And plenty of people are out of jobs. At the same time, there are warning signs in the national economy: tariffs, unfunded tax cuts, record corporate debt, and a struggling housing market. We’ve seen this pattern before, before the Great Depression and the 2008 economic crash. Michigan is not struggling — yet. But I’m running for State Senate because ...
It is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more difficult to do so when the victim was a personal friend. The pain is profound. Charlie Kirk and ...
SAVANNAH, Georgia — Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging and purpose. It's what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. This service eventually led him to become an Apache helicopter pilot in the 160th Special ...
