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John Auchter/For Michigan PublicWe live in difficult, challenging times. Our nation is again at war. (Wait. What's that? Oh, sorry. Our nation is again at major combat operations.) Closer to home, Michigan faces continued economic uncertainties. Affordability is a growing crisis. Reading scores for our children are abysmal. The calendar tells us winter is almost over, but we all know it isn't. -
There are a few different ways to be wonky, some of which are positive and some of which, not so much.
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If we’re involved in a hurry-scurry retreat or a harum-scarum dash, perhaps things are also helter-skelter. -
Last week, President Donald Trump threatened to delay the opening of the new, $4.7 billion Gordie Howe Bridge that connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario. Chalk this one up to "didn't see it coming but not at all surprised." -
If you’re not up to snuff, you’re not up to scratch and maybe you don’t get a cigar.
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We humans are wired to recognize patterns, which has come in handy. For example, being able to observe when and where a hungry bear or lion might show up, our ancestors were able to avoid them and survive long enough to become our ancestors. -
This week’s question has not been a recurring one, by which we mean it has occurred once and not reoccurred.
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Commentator and high school social studies teacher Keith Kindred talks about trying to teach under the Trump administration. -
There was an article in The Wall Street Journal this week quoting General Motors CEO Mary Barra at a GM all-hands meeting. She was opining about a recent trade agreement between Canada and China in which Canada will allow 49,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to be imported from China in 2026. -
If it seems unlikely that crotchety people are related, at least etymologically, to those who do crochet, stay tuned.
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula has a lot similarities to Greenland: It's way up north, not easily accessible, and often described as "arctic." -
Given how much we’re talking about AI right now, it’s no surprise that AI-related words featured prominently in this year’s word of the year vote.
