Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it.

My younger self would be disappointed. It's not like I really expected flying cars by this point, but cleaner, cheaper energy did seem like an achievable goal.

Many of us don’t talk about doornails very often, but sometimes we will when things are really, well, dead.

Still, all voters are right to ask questions. Benson is a Democrat, and some Republican gubernatorial candidates have voiced their concerns. But understand, in 2019, then-SOS Ruth Johnson ran as a candidate and won a race for state Senate. Was there a problem with that?

If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the "f" in "leaf" turns into a "v" in the plural form "leaves."

In reality, the result is that Democrats retain a slim majority in the Michigan Senate while Republicans remain in the slim majority in the House. And we'll see what happens in November.

With gas currently heading toward $5/gallon, it seems particularly ill-timed to be looking for ways to limit our energy options. Especially because renewables (and especially wind and solar) are viable, low-cost sources of electricity now with great potential for technology and scaling to lower costs in the future. So even if you don't believe in climate change (or science in general), the economics are enough to win the argument.

Keith Kindred is retiring as a social studies teacher after 33 years, and has these reflections.

If I say I’m gonna do it, I don’t necessarily mean I’m headed out the door right now to do it.