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Opinion

Words matter in coverage of the news

Commentary

Headlines are often the first thing readers see and, in some cases, the only thing they will read. They make the reader focus on a specific part of the story, allowing the reader to make a quick and immediate judgment. Most of the time, journalists create something that is perfect for online ...

Living on the Great Lakes

Commentary

Growing up around here you get so used to living around the Great Lakes that you don’t appreciate them. Recently, in reading a book about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, it hit me again about how significant this watershed is. The Great Lakes make up 80% of the freshwater in North ...

People’s column

Peoples column

Proposed law will fuse U.S., Israeli military Editor, OBSERVER: Every year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) presents its wish list of monies for the coming year. Lobbyists for the “defense industry” submit a massive document — over a thousand pages — that very few ...