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Opinion

Almanac for April 11, 2026

Local columns

Today is Saturday, April 11, the 101st day of 2026. There are 264 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. Also on this date: In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as ...

Recognizing the role of local journalism in the community

Editorial

I started my journalism career with a typewriter, a notebook and a pretty basic motivation: I wanted to know what was happening in my community and why. The typewriter is long gone, replaced by technologies I couldn’t have imagined back then. But across Michigan, the curiosity and ...

Taxing the rich isn’t the answer

Local columns

"Tax the rich!" shout progressives. Why not? America's richest people are ridiculously rich. "Five bucks to you is like $6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos!" shrieks Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Taking more from billionaires and millionaires just seems fair. That's why Washington state passed a ...

Dems step up talk about removing Trump over Iran

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's threats to wipe out Iran, "a whole civilization," ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term. By the dozens, Democrats came out to say that Trump should no ...

Almanac for April 10, 2026

Local columns

Today is Friday, April 10, the 100th day of 2026. There are 265 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks. Also ...