Facebook’s Oversight Board has both applauded and admonished Facebook for clamping a gag order on former President Trump the day after his supporters laid siege to the national Capitol.
We all love our city, but, and here’s the caveat, we all love it differently. Let’s talk philosophy, for a minute here, not building height or legal set-backs. Let’s take two ways of viewing the city.
By Jim Shultz
After a noisy election season of discontent, Republicans see their road to recovery in discouraging eligible Americans from voting.
President Donald Trump’s nasty campaign to undo the 2020 presidential election and sack President-elect Joe Biden is moving perilously close to inflaming disorder.
Accountability. In a word, that’s what the 2020 Grand Traverse County Road Millage is about. It trivializes this vote to say it’s only about road repairs.
Fearful forecasts are afoot with the presidential election creeping closer.
Last night, amid a flurry of Facebook Foxes stickers and cute animal videos, my fiancee Sarai sent me this message.
Some events have the power of a match set to a mountain of dry wood. The video from Minneapolis, showing a police officer killing George Floyd in broad daylight, his knee pressed hard onto a handcuffed man’s neck as he pleads to live, all 8 1/2 minutes of it — this has been such an event.
My dear son — you don’t know it now but one of our first conversations on the harsh realities of the world took place when you were still inside my belly. Weeks before you entered the world, I watched as communities collectively mourned the loss of two more black men. Their names even now et…
George Floyd's death at the hands – or rather the knee – of Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin has sparked protests nationwide, including some looting and destruction of property in my hometown of Dallas. I do not condone senseless violence, but I understand some of the rage and frustration that fuels it.
Perhaps in your own life, if you love books as I do, there is a bookstore that looms like magic in the recesses of your mind, where dreams and daylight meet and the fairytale world of story is an oasis — particularly now, when you can go nowhere.
by Meghan McDermott
‘Be nice” — two words not found anywhere among the 45 words of the First Amendment.
In a time of such singular global anxiety and uncertainty about what we are hearing, how do we weigh the source? We are afraid for our lives.
I didn’t get into documentary filmmaking on purpose. I stumbled in, and didn’t get out. It’s a lifelong school of hard knocks. You can try acting holier-than-thou to your brethren in Hollywood, but at the end of the day you have mostly maxed out your credit cards or your dad’s.
By Doug Spence
I knew that look Jack gave me last summer.
Freedom Forum Institute
Guns: 393.3 million in U.S. civilian hands.
Michigan is preparing me to be a food, agriculture and community health leader.
‘I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why, counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, they’ve all come to look for America,” sang Simon & Garfunkel in 1968 on “Bookends,” the literary album covering youthful innocence and old age.
Well it’s final: the results are in, and those of us older than 50 who watch more than 3.5 hours of TV a day show twice the decline in verbal memory over six years. A recently released study, in Britain’s Scientific Reports, looks at nearly 3,600 adults and confirms it.
I believe the three most important documents a person needs are a will, a financial power of attorney and a health care power of attorney (or a patient advocate designation). These three documents are the building blocks toward a solid estate plan and peace of mind. With them you are able to…
Providing a sufficient supply of workforce housing is a problem not only in Traverse City, but most everywhere. It's not a new problem — but it does seem the issue is becoming more acute.
The calendar says summer vacation. But for those in the world of legislative advocacy it’s no time to take a break.
Smart money chased gold prices higher all week in “flight to quality” buying fueled by geopolitical fears, continuing ultralow interest rates, the trade dispute with China, and thoughts that Washington will allow bigger and bigger deficits.
There have been some amazing moments in the history of Munson Healthcare.
People are starting to worry about a recession. Based on the Federal Reserve’s reaction, it is too. Yet, recessions don’t just happen without warning and economic expansions don’t come with set expiration dates.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its newest monthly estimates on the U.S. employment situation, showing a gloomier outlook. While unemployment remains at a 49-year low of 3.6 percent, very few new jobs are being created and wages are increasing tepidly. The newest report showed o…
Summer road trips can be fun. They also can be dangerous — even if you perform at your best, other drivers may be distracted, angry, careless or reckless.
When the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed, many in the GOP claimed that it was a bill designed to help the middle class. Yet the true nature of the bill was massive corporate welfare. Huge tax cuts to major corporations — and although posting large profits, allowing many of them to pay …
This spring has been cool and wet, and I am sure I don’t need to remind area citizens of this weather pattern. We are all hoping spring will arrive soon!
When speaking to young people about how to grow and prosper in this life, I am quick to say that the absolute best thing one can do is to invest in one’s self. There is no question that those who invest in their education, skills, family and community have the best opportunity to succeed. Ea…
Much talk and attention has been given over the last several years to the implications of the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation, and the associated transfer of wealth — the largest inter-generational transfer of wealth in our nation’s history.
As consumers, we know that having a good credit score is important. Whether you are applying for a loan or signing up for a credit card, your credit score plays a major role in determining if you will be approved. Your credit score can also have a significant impact on loan terms and borrowi…
I began thinking about our food web — and the holes in it — while digging a sliver out of my hand Sunday morning.
It seems that at least once a month I hear about of a case of embezzlement — right here in our own community.
Corn prices popped this week as markets grew increasingly concerned about severe planting delays across the Corn Belt. Nationwide, only 30 percent of the crop had been planted as of last week, compared to a recent average near 60 percent.
TEDxTraverseCity is focused this week on a hot topic: resilience.
President Trump this week threatened China with stiffer tariffs ahead of trade talks. On Friday, he raised tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on a $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. For U.S. consumers, this will mean higher prices on goods imported from China, on items from toothbrushes and toi…
Traverse City has a long history of spinning along in sync with the changing seasons. Summer tourism isn't our only lucrative pursuit up here, but it remains a shining star of our economy. Summer brings out spoke wheels, sunscreen, sails — and sales.
Whenever I am asked about the core strength of our organization, my reply is always “the people who work here.”
The line between carnivores and vegetarians is getting blurred as scientists continue expanding on meat substitutes. From plant-based burgers that “bleed” to lab-grown meat, more alternatives are appearing on grocery shelves and on menus. The trend was underscored this week by a record-break…
Oil prices shot to a six-month high this week amidst ongoing concerns about global supply shortages.
"Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored."
I’m not much of a golfer. Perhaps that’s explained by the fact that I get out on the links maybe only two or three times a year! They say practice makes perfect, but for some reason, I don’t think that applies to me and the game of golf.
As Americans prepare for the Easter holiday, they may have a hard time finding bargain hams due to the ongoing run up in pork prices.
Flocks of recent high school graduates in just a few months will leave the nest and head off to college or university for the first time. Parents are faced with a wide range of emotions as they watch their children prepare to spread their wings as independent young adults.