Opinion

by Bob Topper For years I have tried to understand how and why so many of my family and friends, good and intelligent people, buy into the Trump-MAGA promise of quick and easy solutions to complex problems. I see why they believe…

by Sydney Bleh For millions of Americans, having a criminal record can feel like a life sentence. In Michigan, there are 32,411 people in prison as of December 2025. That is enough to fill about one third of the Big House in Ann Arbor.…

by Van Abbott The war is not won. It is not even close. President Trump says otherwise. That claim is not a mistake. It is a necessity. Acknowledging failure would expose the truth this administration cannot afford to…

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…