Opinion
Silent attacks on personal freedom
Local columns
During the first Trump administration, the FBI quietly spent $5 million on Pegasus, an Israeli-developed software product known generically as zero click. Zero click permits the user to download the contents of another mobile or desktop device without tricking the user of that device into ...
Ovation for Bay and Players’ ‘The Producers’
Bouquet
This week’s Bouquet goes to Players de Noc and Bay College — From Cathy Uhazie, Escanaba: The Players de Noc production of "The Producers" was hilarious! Thank you all for sharing your talents, putting it all out there and living your best lives. There were so many scenes full of pure joy, ...
Editorial cartoon for March 14, 2026
Editorial
Political parties on perilous ground
Local columns
As Donald Trump's Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump Democrats hold up Homeland Security funding in what looks to some like prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens, one is tempted to ask, ...
Zelenskyy criticizes waiver on Russian oil sanctions
Local columns
PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is "not the right decision" and won't help bring a stop to Russia's more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine. "This easing alone by the United States could ...