Stephen Tuttle | Author

Still Targets

June 13, 2026

The question gets frequently asked: Why do veterans only get one day of celebration when the LGBTQ+ community gets an entire Pride Month? Maybe it’s because we’ve rightly recognized veterans for a long time and they have not traditionally been the targets of relentless discrimin… Read More >>

Nobody Home

June 6, 2026

We continue to be told there is a housing shortage, sometimes called a housing crisis. To read the stories and listen to the advocates, you’d think legions of people are wandering the streets of northern Michigan, dragging their possessions behind then searching for a place, any place… Read More >>

You Are Being Audited

May 30, 2026

We’re being audited, but not by the IRS.

More and more there are now among us folks with cell phones and/or digital video cameras and microphones standing outside post offices, banks, cannabis dispensaries, restaurants—any place people are likely to gather or come and go… Read More >>

Tired of Winning

May 23, 2026

He told us he would stop the Russian-Ukraine war in 24 hours with a single phone call. He said gas would cost less than $2 a gallon, that inflation would be next to nothing, and the world would respect us more than ever. He said we “obliterated,” “decimated,” and &ld… Read More >>

Helpless to Resist

May 16, 2026

Our country has a long and unfortunate history of blaming external influences for the bad behavior of our children. Banishment was once the preferred solution, now replaced by lawsuits.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the villains were an emerging genre of comic books focusing on crime and … Read More >>

And They’re Off, 2.0

May 9, 2026

Last week we took a brief look at Michigan’s Republican candidates for governor, so it’s only fair we now look at the Democrats’ far less competitive race. Or, at least it isn’t very competitive yet, but there is a significant wild card we’ll discuss later.

And They're Off

May 2, 2026

It must be an election year because Congressman Jack Bergman is back to communicating, sort of, with constituents. His recent non-campaign campaign mailer does not mention upcoming elections at all, instead discussing how his office can be of assistance to District 1 residents. Just a coinc… Read More >>

An Obscene Budget

April 25, 2026

We’ve had a couple of interesting weeks. We started and ended and restarted a war of choice against Iran, though we still await the evidence it was necessary. We experienced extreme and destructive weather events and we have been warned more will happen. We did not get the remaining E… Read More >>

The Appeal of Mars

April 18, 2026

Things here on Earth aren’t so great. We’re at war with Iran, and they seem to have a different understanding of what being “obliterated” means. We’re apparently at least claiming to run Venezuela and are happily stealing their oil by the “millions of bar… Read More >>

The Deregulation Disaster

April 11, 2026

We know the environment and its weather have been temperamental for several years. And we’ve known carbon dioxide released into our atmosphere tends to increase temperatures since the concept was first proposed way back in 1938. The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climate Change was finally … Read More >>

Are They Listening?

April 4, 2026

Organizers say it was the largest single-day protest gathering in U.S. history. The No Kings Coalition claims there were rallies in all 50 states, 3,300 of them in total attended by eight million people. Locally, Traverse Indivisible, which organized the Traverse City rally and march, estim… Read More >>

SAVE Act Saves Nothing

March 21, 2026

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act will safeguard nothing but might make it much more difficult for anyone to register and vote.

This pointless bit of legislation, which purports to fix a problem we know does not exist, is simply an extension of Donald Trump’s… Read More >>

Worse Than Iraq

March 14, 2026

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says, “We’re winning,” though what we're winning is open to debate. But let’s back up.

What is now Iran has been an organized civilization for more than 2,000 years, going all the way back to Cyrus the Great and the Achaemeni… Read More >>

Focus Locally

March 7, 2026

We now have an undeclared and potentially illegal war ongoing against Iran, and we claim to be running Venezuela after having kidnapped and imprisoned their president. Not to mention we are a long way from being done with the Jeffrey Epstein horrors, unless you believe nobody but Epstein an… Read More >>

AI Is Here, Privacy Is Gone

Feb. 28, 2026

If you are worried about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over and controlling your life, you are way, way too late because your fears have already been realized. AI is loose and capable of running wild. And don’t be concerned about your privacy, either, because you have none.

Defame the Victims

Feb. 21, 2026

Politicians and their followers have always played loosely with the facts, puffing up any successes and blaming failures on others. It’s been that way for a long time.

Sixty years ago we were lied to about the Vietnam War, ignoring our futility and growing losses and wildly in… Read More >>

Take the Extra Steps

Feb. 14, 2026

Celebrities like to make political statements at award ceremonies, and they’ve been doing it for a long time, usually to the displeasure of many.

Those less than thrilled frequently suggest the “stars” stick to what they know best, stay in their lane, and leave the… Read More >>

Turning Victory into Defeat

Feb. 7, 2026

Immigration enforcement should be a win for Donald Trump. He promised he would secure the border, and he has certainly tightened it. He also claimed his administration would go after the worst of the worst illegal immigrants, those who committed terrible acts of violence before or after the… Read More >>

Affordable Housing Fantasies

Jan. 31, 2026

We are told, ad nauseam, there is a housing crisis or a housing shortage or a housing affordability crisis or something. It’s true enough that housing, especially locally, has become expensive well beyond normal increases and well beyond inflation.

Inflation ended 2025 at 2.7 … Read More >>

Heading Backward

Jan. 24, 2026

No, snow in Florida does not mean climate change was just a hoax all along. We were told, and told and told, that extreme weather events would become the norm—you know, like snow in Florida.

Meanwhile, the Phoenix area is having no winter at all, with temperatures still around… Read More >>