Opinion

Trump can't deliver a quick exit from Iran

Whatever else Donald Trump’s “pause” is, it is not a ceasefire. Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, while Israeli and U.S. warplanes struck across Iran. What Mr. Trump’s statement did was to narrow U.S. targets to exclude power plants and energy infrastructure to calm jittery markets. But the fighting continues. With reports that the U.S. is considering boots on the ground, Washington is waging war while searching for an exit — without a credible or unified negotiating position, as Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu pursues his own ...

The economists who got it right

Politicians say they can "make the economy work better." I once believed they could. But years of reporting taught me that politicians' attempts to "fix" the economy usually make things worse. Twenty years ago, Republicans and Democrats helped create the Great Recession by telling ...

Trump interrupts Cabinet meeting to talk Sharpies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword — as long as it's a Sharpie. During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran, record-long security lines at many of the nation's top airports, rising oil prices and ...

Editorial cartoon for March 26, 2026

Hero in uniform walks the walk

The March snow blizzards of 2026 have ripped the veil off of those who talk the talk but don't walk the walk. I've just recently been blessed to witness first-hand those who talk the talk and walk it as well. I'm referring to the brave, compassionate and empathetic law-abiding local employees of the Delta County Sheriff's Office. I'm a single 58-year-old disabled female military veteran. I'm of medium stature with petite bone structure and of average weight. I'm not a big person by no means. This is important to know in order to understand the whole wonder of what I'm about to share ...

Connor Sports puts UP in NCAA basketball tourneys

When college basketball's March Madness rolls around — the NCAA’s men’s Sweet Sixteen play starts today, the women’s side on Friday — Connor Sports gets a chance to be in the spotlight. The Crystal Falls-based company provides the hardwood courts for the tournaments, made from sugar maple harvested in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. It's thought the trees from this part of the country have the strongest characteristics to hold up over time, a company spokesman told Jeffrey Bonior for an article in Alliance for American Manufacturing, ...