Opinion

by Mel Gurtov Donald Trump has turned the presidency into a vanity project, putting his name and image all over Washington (most recently, a banner of him atop the department of justice), campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, pimping…

by Joe Kazmierski Since its inception, AI has been a mostly detached and seemingly consequence-free convenience in our lives. Other than premium plans, most AI companies don’t even charge you to use their services. So, excluding the…

by Mel Gurtov A Plan for Ukraine Without Ukraine's Consent The U.S. has forged a peace proposal with Russia that, as the French are putting it, amounts to Ukraine’s capitulation. For President Volodymyr Zelensky, the worst possible…

by Bob Topper In my lifetime, presidents from both parties have given inspirational speeches – Kennedy in 1963 at the Berlin Wall saying to the German people, “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner) and Reagan in 1987, at the same…

by Peter Bergel “Protest” means to object, which is, of course, what we are doing when we hit the streets, but we’re doing something equally – or I would say more – important. We are demonstrating. What are we demonstrating? We…

by Lee Enochs The FBI’s recent arrests of more than 30 people—including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups—have rocked the sports world. The federal probe, announced October 23, uncovered two…

by P.D. Lesko In this digital age in which bills are received and payments are made electronically, a school district should be able to tell taxpayers in real time from where the money is coming and where it's going. The Washtenaw…

by Kary Love Well, I preferred it when I could pretend I was not hiring the hit men to kill outside the law. Yeah, those idyllic MAGA days, when the U.S. denied it was killing illegally, criminally, and claimed with some degree of…

by Mark Naess The Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) has no budget, no actual plan for the funds requested through the new millage on which we'll vote in Nov. What the WISD has given voters in this: "Give us $25 Million a…

by Teresa C. According to the CDC (2025), “20 percent or nearly 1 in 5 adolescents ages 12-17 have a current, diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition.” Every day, the number of individuals affected by mental health challenges…