“Project Earth,” (2024) by Lupton-based author Jay Fiondella, is a plot-driven thriller with elements of science fiction. With a central thesis that the human species needs a serious intervention, Fiondella brings an ambitious if familiar tale of extraterrestrials walking among us and attempting to give us a nudge in a better direction at a critical moment in time.
The Immigration Act of 1918, also known as the Alien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918, was signed into U.S. law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 16, 1918.
It’s the summer of ’74. Yours truly is 13 years old, lying on my bed, sporting my red and white Coca-Cola logo embroidered bell-bottoms.
In response to the letter, “The line has been crossed,” from the Sept. 4 issue of the Herald-Independent by Roger & Myra Yoder:
When it comes to transforming legendary television show casts into babies, AI is world-class. But news? AI-fueled news poses problems.
From Rose City to Mio, M-33 flows smoothly, the orange of traffic cones replaced by crisp white lines and the goldenrod-colored stripes dividing the two lanes. What a relief it is to make that drive without dodging the potholes which previously edged the highway.
The recent preemption and television broadcast restoration of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC should remind us to be clear-headed about our right to free speech in the United States of America in 2025, and in which sorts of media free speech is even possible.
September was Suicide Awareness Month. In Michigan 60% of firearm deaths are suicides; each statistic is a person and a life that mattered.
The diagnosis, following an expensive computed tomography scan, was a small bowel obstruction caused by eating too many raw vegetables.
I had overdosed on salad.
I have jokingly responded to people asking “How are you doing?” with “I’m riding the wave and flipping off the sharks!” Truly, I’ve never surfed a day in my life. I use the phrase as a metaphor for an approach to living—a basic philosophy.