There's competitive forensics, but there's also forensic medicine, forensic accounting, and forensic linguistics too.

The situation with the Line 5 oil pipeline that runs through Michigan isn't the most topical issue I could have picked this week. It's more of an ongoing issue that (I hope) most Michiganders are familiar with. The point I'm attempting to make, however, is extremely topical. And that topic is: propaganda works.

The word "deadpan" is on the rise, as multiple parts of speech. That "pan" is related to the historical expression “shut your pan."

In this edition of Stateside, we discuss the suspension of a Michigan boxer who tested positive for marijuana. We also examine the situation of the cannabis industry in Michigan, potential new taxes and what it could mean for the industry. Lastly, a conversation about Michigan’s immigration statistics.

This Trump tariff lunacy. Ohmygod.

Not all of us use the word 'whenever' in exactly the same way, and people are noticing.

Even as an embittered political cartoonist, I can still find a place in my brain that believes in bipartisanship — at least the concept of it. Will it be successful? I think the question comes down to this: Can Whitmer maintain principles and standards while seeking common ground, or will she crater at key moments and become the next Susan Collins?

It’s 100% true that people online are asking about sentences like, “I got an a hundred on the test.”

The current slashing of federal agencies and programs by Elon Musk and his DOGE gang may have started out as cutting fat but instantly crossed over into the ideological. Under the dubious guise of fighting corruption and rooting out fraud, it's become less about improving efficiencies and more about burning down the Reichstag.

The way some people use "resonate" doesn't resonate with all of our listeners.