Opinion
If you want to be ‘seen,’ try seeing others
Local columns
I recently came across a curious headline: "The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering." Very few people leaving the workplace have prepared for losing a big part of their identity, according to the Wall Street Journal article. They long to "feel seen" in the next chapter of ...
AP sources: Russia providing Iran with US military information
Local columns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly on the ...
Almanac for March 7, 2026
Local columns
Today is Saturday, March 7, the 66th day of 2026. There are 299 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; state troopers and a sheriff's posse fired tear gas and ...
IRS warns of ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams
Editorial
For National Slam the Scam Day, the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for 2026 that threaten the tax and financial information of taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals. The Dirty Dozen is part of a broader campaign conducted ...
Rebuttal: Silver Branch Vegetation Management Project will not destroy Ottawa National Forest
Local columns
The recent news about a logging proposal on the Ottawa National Forest is non-news. MSU forester David Carter put it well when he’s quoted as saying that the project “didn’t really raise any red flags.” However, organizations that depend upon sensationalism to forward their ...