Sailors go through boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago, Ill., but things are different due to COVID-19. The current class of recruits was […]
Opinion
Transportation workers need to be given better protection
Bus drivers across the country are dying from COVID-19. We need to do more to protect them. On March 24, a Detroit bus driver posted a video […]
New words to describe strange times
Among the many things changed by the sad, eerie moment we’re living in is our vocabulary. We bat around words most of us had never heard or […]
Assault accusation needs independent investigation
As he prepares to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden is rightly being exhorted to make a fuller and more public response to […]
No stimulus for students
Turning 18 is a trap. Especially if you turned 18 before the coronavirus hit. Being 18 is that awkward place of legally being an adult (you can […]
May 3 letters to the editor
Library key feature in beloved memories Some of my earliest memories were of my mother taking me to the downtown library to check out books. The library […]
COLUMN: Public land hunting is amazing, but it can also invite knuckleheads
We all have those bad days while hunting. Maybe you underdressed, get to your spot without something essential or it just seems like the universe is against […]
Dealing with change isn’t easy, but we’ll figure it out
It is not easy to find a silver lining to the massive dark cloud that is the COVID-19 virus. However, I am going to give it a […]
How will a socially distanced summer look?
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that social distancing would probably continue through the summer. I know […]
Trump’s meat supply fix is a recipe for disaster
Dozens of beef, chicken and pork processing and packing plants have shut down across the nation as COVID-19 infections soar among workers. More plants are on the […]
