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Rich Lowry

Donald Trump has held many rallies, but never one in the parliament of a foreign nation. President Trump's speech to the Knesset Monday was a raucous, celebratory affair with the audience of Israeli lawmakers showering him with adulation. Trump's reception made it a little like a State of ...

Froma Harrop

At a 2018 press conference in New York City, Trump said of American farmers, "I love them, and they voted for me, and they love me. ... And they said, 'We don't care if we get hurt, he's doing the right thing.'" During his 2025 joint address to Congress, Trump said, "Our new trade policy will ...

Robert B. Reich

You know Trump Republicans are worried when they slam a planned protest — more than a week before it occurs. Last Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson described this coming Saturday's No Kings rally as the "hate-America" rally that would draw "the pro-Hamas wing" and "the antifa people." I'm sure ...

From the Desk of Dr. J

About a week after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was released, offering insights about the direction our country is headed. After the troubling political violence we have witnessed recently, it is not ...

Letter to the editor

More Money for Schools? Yes, Please! Editor: As a proud Hancock resident, I believe deeply in the power of a strong public education system. After decades of disinvestment, Michigan schools remain underfunded, needing an additional $4.5 billion just to be able to give every student the education they need and deserve. In 2025 our students' literacy and math outcomes reflect exactly what legislators have historically put into our public education system: not enough. From classrooms stuffed with 30+ kids, to the fact that our schools are 49th of all FIFTY states in school funding ...

Outdoors North

“But songs of love should not be sung where staying is not planned, and foolish I would climb once more a tree too weak to stand,” – Gordon Lightfoot If you look at his posture, to see him stand, you’d know he either started out with difficulties or developed them somewhere along the ...