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It’s time to teach Michigan State University a lesson
It was 1976. I was in the fifth grade and had moved to Michigan the year before from California. Already I had swapped my love of the Angels for the [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Articles by Jon King
Columns
The Dad and Claire Listening Project
There are many decisions we make about our child’s future that we hope will bear positive fruit as they grow into adulthood, although we are usually left with a vague [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Columns
Who’s doing the thinking for you?
WARNING: An old man is about to make the online equivalent of screaming at kids to get off his lawn. OK, you’ve been warned. Idiocracy is upon us. (I did [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Columns
We are a nation of immigrants
The little boy gripped his sister’s hand tightly. The anxiety of the unknown seeped through his pores, forcing the boy to pull his hand away and wipe it on his [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Columns
Want to know the truth about fake news?
There is no fake news. Yes, you read that right. No fake news. It doesn’t exist. There is news, defined as “newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Columns
Let communities decide how to represent themselves
In the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy, I’ve heard the question asked, “If we decry statues to Confederate generals who fought to preserve slavery, why do we honor presidents Washington, [CLICK TO READ MORE]