4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (667+ words) “True is it that we have seen better days.” — William Shakespeare Pearl Harbor brought out the best in the American people. We responded by pulling together for a major mobilization when an act of war landed on our soil in…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (416+ words) The Alpena News When history walks through the door I used to like my job. Now I love it. When I first became a collections manager five years ago, I was fresh out of college with a bachelor's degree in…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (284+ words) I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it happened. The TV behind me had the sound lowered but I suddenly became aware of a major development. I reached for the remote and cranked up…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (343+ words) In one of his Truth Social bombs, President Donald Trump insisted we should rename Lake Ontario to Lake America after Canada refused to accept his trade negotiation terms. It obviously echoes his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (632+ words) The couple had every reason to believe they were walking into the final step of a process that would allow Armelle to remain legally in the country she has called home since she was 9 years old. Three weeks later, I…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) ALPENA - The Alpena Municipal Council on Aug. 24 unanimously approved a final balancing change order for the completed Bay View Restroom and Pavilion Project, locking in a revised contract of $900,788.38 and authorizing staff to close out the long-delayed waterfront amenity. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (623+ words) Where does Tom Homan go to get his apology? When Trump put his border czar in charge of unwinding the controversial DHS operation in Minneapolis earlier this year, critics on the right believed that Homan would be the instrument of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) This well-known rhetorical flourish at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence needs closer consideration. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (420+ words) Totalitarian movements, Arendt wrote, succeed not by convincing people of a specific lie but by creating a consistent, logical fictional world that defies ordinary common sense and human experience. Which raises the questions that a growing number of Americans are…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) “Woke 1′ was crazy.” So said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on ABC News’ “This Week” earlier this month. She said she was quoting New York City Councilman Chi Osse, whom The New York Times characterizes as “far left.” This was…...