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Buttigieg on the governor’s seat
Buttigieg on the governor’s seat
12/05/2024 08:00 AM
Thanksgiving: family, friends and football
Thanksgiving: family, friends and football
This time of year represents a time of thanks, and a break, to catch up with family members that we don’t often get to see. I know it’s been a political year, but I’m an even better political conversation avoider. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Time for a ‘Sunshine Plan’
Time for a ‘Sunshine Plan’
Michigan Press Association president In 2016 when she was Candidate Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan issued “Get it Done: A Michigan Sunshine Plan.” The first item under the headline “Making State Government More Transparent & Responsive to Taxpayers” was this bullet point: Expanding Freedom of Information Act to include the governor’s office and legislature. We are just one of two states that does not already do this. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Add another name to governor list
Add another name to governor list
At the end of a TV report last week listing the raft of would-be candidates for governor from both parties, the story ended with a rather tongue in cheek close, “if your name is not on the list, call me … collect.” 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
A column by Zachary Marano
Taking time to explore New England
I saw the ocean again this year. Traveling by plane for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, I went to New England. My last vacation up to this point was at a resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, which is nestled between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Pacific coast. It felt appropriate to bookend years of travel restrictions with a visit to the other side of the continent. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
During Native American fall harvest, plant-based recipes take center stage
During Native American fall harvest, plant-based recipes take center stage
I was heartened to read the news of President Biden’s apology for the government’s 150 years of moving Native American children into boarding schools. This comes as many Americans prepare for Thanksgiving in November, which is also Native American Heritage Month. The timing of these two commemorations comes with more than a bit of irony given that a traditional Thanksgiving celebrates a coming together of early European immigrants with Native Americans, the result of which was the tragic loss of Indigenous tribes and the colonization of Native American land and communities. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
By Tim Skubick
The curse of the governor’s seat
Homeostasis and Michigan voters. The two go together. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
By Tim Skubick
Slicing and dicing election results
The historic election of last week has been sliced and diced in so many ways that there is hardly anything new to digest but here’s an angle that is often ignored. Our behavior in elections gives us a rare opportunity to learn something about ourselves individually and collectively and here in Michigan there were a wealth of “reveals” about our human behavior and conduct. 11/13/2024 05:42 PM
A column by Meakalia Previch-Liu
The enduring love of Luna
As difficult as it is to talk about, I find it equally as sweet and comforting to write about my beloved Luna. She passed away on Oct. 11/13/2024 05:42 PM
By Tim Skubick
Buttigieg gets high marks for transportation work
You can’t count the times that some career politician, which the good government crowd believes is not a dirty word, has sat in that TV interview chair and at some pointed lamented about the personal family sacrifi ces one has to make to meet the all-time-consuming assignment of serving the public good and your loved-ones, too. 11/06/2024 09:18 PM
A column by Alan Campbell
Hunting tradition unifying force
I’ve been looking within for answers to a question that’s pertinent to fewer and fewer people. Why do I hunt? It’s a bit late in life for self-reflection on an activity that has driven much of my spare time in fall, the most beautiful of seasons. 11/06/2024 09:18 PM
A column by Amy Hubbell
Cleaning ‘fridge’ cathartic for reporter
I did something last weekend. Tired of listening to political advertisements and stewing over election-related newspaper coverage, I went to my kitchen to accomplish a must-do — cleaning out the refrigerator. 10/30/2024 05:31 PM
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