Opinion
Constitution at Risk?
Spectator
By Stephen Tuttle | Jan. 25, 2025
It would seem our Constitution is somewhat at risk as our new president, and at least some of his supporters, don’t care for parts they find inconvenient. The president has actually said he believes he can find ways to circumvent some sections through Executive Orders and other parts he might simply ignore. He is not alone in his disappointment with a document intentionally created to impede the totalitarian instincts of politicians always … Read More >>
Time to Rein in Corporate Power and Focus on the Working Class
Guest Opinion
By Sam Inglot | Jan. 25, 2025
The 2024 election results reveal that the major divide in Michigan and across the country is not Republicans versus Democrats—it’s the working class versus billionaires and wealthy corporations—and the time to get serious and act is now. The money and influence of billionaires and corporations causes too many of our elected officials to discount the needs of the working class. In 2025, we need to be prepared to fight for dignity and … Read More >>
Making It Worse
Spectator
By Stephen Tuttle | Jan. 18, 2025
Los Angeles County is not the only thing burning; lots of politicians have their pants on fire, too. Disasters are instructive if for no other reason than they help us differentiate between those seeking to help and find solutions and those only seeking to assign blame. With the flames still burning and the funerals not yet concluded, too many politicians have chosen the latter approach, making the nightmare even worse. President-elect Donald … Read More >>
Your Greatest Fear
Guest Opinion
By Greg Holmes | Jan. 18, 2025
What are you afraid of? If you can’t come up with something, try again. Everybody is afraid of something whether they admit it or not. Admitting to being afraid is often difficult to do in our testosterone-driven culture that over-values appearing strong and not admitting to weakness. Ironically, it’s often the person who denies ever being afraid who is actually one who is the most afraid, living in a world of false … Read More >>
Signposts on the Way to Fascism
Guest Opinion
By Karen Mulvahill | Jan. 11, 2025
"...Fascism can come back under the most innocent of disguises. Our duty is to uncover it and to point our finger at any of its new instances—every day, in every part of the world." (Umberto Eco) The word “fascism” has been bandied about of late to the point that some people dismiss it as just another meaningless political accusation. But it is crucial to understand what fascism is so that we can … Read More >>
A New Partner for Solar
Spectator
By Stephen Tuttle | Jan. 11, 2025
Solar is gaining traction as panels become more affordable and battery storage becomes more efficient. According to Statista.com., the U.S. now gets 5.6 percent of its electrical power from solar energy, three times more than just two decades ago. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, solar will expand another 75 percent over the next two years. There are still troubling issues with solar, both in creating panels at the beginning of … Read More >>
Delusional Ramblings for Day One
Spectator
By Stephen Tuttle | Jan. 4, 2025
There is always some mystery to what a newly elected president and Congress might do to or for us. With Donald Trump, we have someone who has made a series of promises regarding his very first day in office. We’ll soon discover there is a significant chasm between what a candidate promises to do in order to collect campaign contributions and votes and what he actually will or can do once in … Read More >>
Biden Should Pardon Leonard Peltier
Guest Opinion
By Isiah Smith, Jr. | Jan. 4, 2025
Now that Christmas has passed and fortune has blessed us with another new year, President Biden can perform one more graceful and merciful act before he leaves office: pardon Leonard Peltier for a crime he may not have committed. Maybe you’ve never heard of Leonard Peltier, or perhaps you heard of him once and your memory is hazy. You can’t quite place the name or picture his face. But his is a … Read More >>
Happiness and Its Discontents
Guest Opinion
By Greg Holmes | Dec. 21, 2024
How happy were you this year? 2024 was a difficult year for many of us to feel good about, as there were a plethora of difficult things that impacted our lives. Think about what we went through last year. Take climate change as an example. Images of forest fires, flooding, and severe weather offered dramatic evidence of the devastating impact of changing climate. To make the situation worse, the leaders of the … Read More >>
Celebrating However We Choose
Spectator
By Stephen Tuttle | Dec. 21, 2024
Christmas can be a solemn symbolic celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, or it can bea purely secular event, or it can be a combination of both. The real beauty of Christmas is we can celebrate however we choose or not at all. It was commonly believed the first Christmas celebrations occurred in 336 CE, a holiday declared by Emperor Constantine, the first Christian head of state, who had declared Christianity … Read More >>
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