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Silent attacks on personal freedom

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’

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, it’s hard to be specific. So many new faces, so many community members who participated and so many thespians tapping and dancing in sync. Wundabar! And thank you, Bay College, for allowing this longstanding community group a venue to strut their stuff!

Political parties on perilous ground

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, ...

Almanac for March 14, 2026

Today is Saturday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2026. There are 292 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1879, Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the universe, was born in Ulm, Germany. Also on this date: In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized the American cotton industry. In 1900, President William McKinley signed the Gold Standard Act into law, tying the value of the U.S. currency solely to gold. (The United States remained on the gold standard until its suspension in 1933 ...