Project 2025: A possible glimpse into a second Trump administration
By Paul Rozycki Want to know what a second Trump administration might look like? An overview of “Project 2025” might give you a good idea. The 900-page plan, fully titled “Mandate for Leadership, The Conservative Promise, Project 2025,” would dramatically change the federal government and shift it to the right. It was put together by nearly 200 Trump officials and supporters in conjunction with the right-leaning Heritage...
Biden passes the torch to Harris, what now?
By Paul Rozycki You thought this was going to be a dull election year with a Biden/Trump rematch? It sure doesn’t look like it. In just the last month we’ve seen: A fumbling debate by the president of the United States; A Supreme Court ruling that limits the prosecution of the previous president and grants immunity from criminal prosecution to a president performing “official duties;” A federal judge dismissing charges against Trump...
Commentary: A primer for the August primary
By Paul Rozycki While so much attention has been on the November election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Michigan’s August primary may be just as critical to determining who will govern us in the next few years. Because our primary takes place in August — when many are thinking of SPF rather than GDP — the turnout for primary elections is usually much lower than for fall’s general election. That’s...
Commentary: Recall the Flint City Council? But at what cost?
By Paul Rozycki Within the last year, all but one elected Flint City Council member has faced the possibility of a recall. The late Councilman Eric Mays (Ward 1) saw two recall petitions approved for circulation before he died in February, Council President Ladel Lewis (Ward 2) is currently navigating a fourth recall attempt in a little over six months, and Councilmembers Quincy Murphy (Ward 3), Judy Priestley (Ward 4), Jerri...
Is Donald Trump a Marxist? Maybe, but which one?
By Paul Rozycki After several presidential primaries, it’s clear the 2024 election will be a rerun of the 2020 contest between Democratic President Joe Biden and former Republican President Donald Trump. But while the candidates are familiar, their campaign rhetoric seems even more intense this time around. One of Trump’s common attacks is to claim that his opponents are Marxists or Communists. The charge resonates with his most...
Commentary: 2024 ushers in “interesting” times — will it also bring a curse?
By Paul Rozycki As the 2024 election year begins it reminds one of the ancient curse, often attributed to the Chinese, which says “May you live in interesting times”, suggesting that those interesting times will arise from much conflict and turmoil. There is little doubt that 2024 will be an “interesting” one politically. Whether it is a curse or not remains to be seen, but the threat will be there on the national, state,...
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