Editorials
Debt matters, even in a pandemic
To fight the coronavirus and its economic effects, Congress has already spent nearly $3 trillion, a total to which lawmakers will add to over the summer. Democrats…
June 2, 2020
Editorials
On the coronavirus, Gretchen Whitmer has done nothing but make excuses
Michigan has experienced one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. And Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would like to convince everyone that her leadership has nothing to…
Columnists
Were the lockdowns worth it? Depends how long a vaccine takes
For decades to come, public health officials, academics, and the broader population will debate whether the drastic lockdown measures taken in response to the coronavirus were a…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Bad Boys, bad movie
The Godfather is quite possibly the greatest movie of all time. The Godfather Part II might be even better. The Godfather Part III? We’re better off pretending…
Infrastructure
Michigan dam failure creates further misery for residents under stay-at-home orders
How do you shelter in place when your shelter floods out? That was the dilemma many residents of Midland, Michigan, and the surrounding area of Midland County…
Magazine - Columnists
Biden goes left on taxes
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have put together six “unity task forces” in hopes of finding common ground on major policy issues. The Sanders gang was leery,…
Economy
Trump will claim coronavirus success but first must define it
For President Trump to win a second term in the White House, strategists in both parties agree voters must have the perception he successfully managed the coronavirus…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Normal People is exceptional television
For television viewers who have yet to read Sally Rooney’s bestselling 2018 novel Normal People, a hard choice awaits. Plow ahead with Hulu’s masterful new adaptation and…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The dignity of the buffoon
Is there a nobler hero in literature than the salmon Curzio Malaparte eulogizes in Kaputt, his semi-fictionalized account of his time as an Italian diplomat during World…
Magazine - Features
Gathering acorns in quarantine
Be the squirrel, girl. The 2003 bluesy rock song “Little Acorns” by The White Stripes opens with the voice of legendary former Detroit news anchor Mort Crim.…