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Opinion

Why are top universities getting federal money?

Local columns

WASHINGTON— Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling antisemitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million in federal ...

If your license has a star, you are REAL ID ready

Editorial

As the federal deadline approaches, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said more than 73% of people with a Michigan driver’s license or ID have already upgraded to a REAL ID. Beginning May 7, all U.S. airlines will require a REAL ID-compliant document to board a domestic flight, and travelers ...

No backbone of reason

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: In response to Ms. Peach’s “Checks and Balances” : Your letter drips with contempt but lacks the backbone of reason. You claim to champion democracy while simultaneously calling to strip Americans of their right to elect the leader of their choice. If voters want Donald Trump ...

State of U.S.

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: Imagine that your wife and children can only watch as armed men in uniforms drag you to a waiting vehicle. They have no warrant and you will have no day in court. They will tell the news media that you belong to a criminal gang and that you are in the United States illegally. They are ...

Open letter to Congressman Bergman

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: Open letter to Congressman Bergman You disagree with James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” Chief Justice Roberts, and former Chief Justice Taft. They have all maintained that only Congress can establish federal agencies and assign duties to agency officers. In their ...