3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1202+ words) They radiated through every part of the United States in communities large and small, tearing at Americans’ sense of safety and their place in the world. Hearts were broken across the nation, not just of those who lost their loved…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (389+ words) In one of his Truth Social bombs, President Donald Trump insisted we should rename Lake Ontario to Lake America after Canada refused to accept his trade negotiation terms. It obviously echoes his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) HOUGHTON -- After 33 years with the Houghton City Police Department, Lt. Nick Roberts officially retired Friday. The police department and the city of Houghton hosted a retirement celebration for him in the Houghton City Council Chambers. Police Chief John Donnelly said…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (377+ words) ESCANABA -- On September 2, 1979, Upper Peninsula residents took part in a contest that helped give the region one of its most recognizable nicknames: “Yooper.” The contest, held by The Upper Peninsula Sunday Times -- the Sunday edition counterpart to the Daily Press…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (698+ words) As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 nears, the biggest disgrace is that the attack’s evil mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has not been tried and sentenced to death. Blame the American Civil Liberties Union, in large part, for this injustice. The ACLU intervened…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (577+ words) It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (856+ words) One of the unfortunate realities of getting older is finding that the people you like begin to die. There are some, maybe, who are taken before their time and others who go at the end of a complete life, but…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (405+ words) MARQUETTE — An official at A Room at the Inn, the downtown Marquette warming center, has responded to a Wednesday arrest by the Marquette Police Department which occurred in response to an assault on one of its guests. “We are grateful…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) Not exactly a war, but a trade war -- which will impose huge costs on both American consumers and on Canada. As I have said, Trump is now completely and utterly out of his mind. The very idea of a trade…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (358+ words) Thank God, no, we aren’t going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt. The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and worrisome. When I came to Washington in the mid…...