Trump’s Three Retreats

President Trump has been musing about whether he’s the most powerful man in world history, and judging by the results lately, the answer is definitely “no.

Why Trump couldn’t bring Iran to heel

Iran, a second-rate power in a state of economic collapse, just fought the U.S. to a standstill in a major military conflict. The disappointing outcome has echoes of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, in that a major world power hasn’t been able to impose its will on a militarily inferior foe.

‘The outlook is pretty bleak’: Farmers brace for difficult season

LANSINGWhen Brian Neff retired from the Air Force, he had his eyes on a farm on the outskirts of Traverse City.The land was once operated by his wife’s grandparents before it was leased out for years after her grandparents stopped tending to it.

To all

To the Editor:Here’s to a very well done America 250 insert. Let me add some more about President John Tyler, because he was William Henry Harrison’s Vice-President.

Concerned citizen

To the Editor:I just read last weeks Gladwin County Record article about the accidental live streaming of a video, wherein a personal hearing with a Gladwin D.P.W. employee was taking place.

How to kill the Supreme Court in one easy step

In 2016, the conservative writer Mike Anton made a galvanizing case for Donald Trump in his famous “Flight 93” essay, arguing that the stakes in the contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were existential.

The U.K.’s dumb exclusion of left-wing influencers

The U.K. government banned left-wing influencers Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from traveling to the country because they blame everything on the Jews -- and, true to form, Uygur and Piker blamed the Jews.

A tooth extraction presents a risk for osteonecrosis

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 79-year-old female who’s in good health. I am 5 feet tall and weigh 95 pounds, and I’m very active. I’ve been taking Prolia for the past two to three years for osteoporosis, which has since improved to osteopenia.

May I Walk With You

For a minute I thought I was back in catechism class. During one of the most recent homilies by Monsignor Koper he asked the questions, “How many gifts of the Holy Spirit are there?”And, “How many fruits of the Holy Spirit are there?” Wow!

Our screen culture increasingly can’t read

We’ve been having a debate about “book bans” in recent years, but given the steep decline in student literacy, the deeper question is how anyone would notice whether a book is available in a school library or not.