May 5, 2026

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Rina Risper

Father’s Day: What is a father?

Rina Risper09 mins

Left:  Derrick and Isaiah Radford. Derrick doing daddy duty so that Isaiah’s mother, Shameka,  could sleep.
Courtesy photo

 
 
By Joe Israel                           
 
Chris Rock made a very astute and interesting joke in his 1999 HBO special Bigger and Blacker when he railed about all the songs that talk about mom, but don’t mention dad.

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Time for Change: First Woman Takes Helm at the FCC

Rina Risper06 mins

Mignon Clyburn, acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission.
 
New America Media, Commentary, Joseph Torres
 
It’s important to celebrate whenever social barriers are knocked down — including the one that fell  when Mignon Clyburn became the acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission

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Did You Know There is a Heat Awareness Day, Michiganders Reminded to Prepare for the Summer Heat

Rina Risper04 mins

LANSING, MI — The National Weather Service has declared Wednesday, May 29 as Heat Awareness Day in Michigan. Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year.

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Do you have an opinion? 12-10

Rina Risper06 mins

Dear TNCP
 
My name is Alvin Parham and I am 45 years old. My story starts as an unbelievable experience. I never frequented going to the doctor’s office for annual check-ups because I always felt I was in excellent health. I never had an ailment; not as much as a cold besides an occasional headache due to sinus; so I thought.

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Excuse me, are you listening? 12-10

Rina Risper08 mins

Dear Readers,
 
I have been really happy this week. We get so wrapped up in our issues that we do not realize that being happy is important.  I recognize that when I complain about some issues that I do not really have, I am only hurting myself.  Putting  it out into the universe does not make it any easier to deal with.  I am still learning that with good friends who make me laugh when I do not have the ability to separate work from play but everything is a learning lesson in love.

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Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Rina Risper04 mins

Studio:     (2 hrs. 10 min.)
Plot:     When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Cast:     Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Rebecca Hall
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     **1/2

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Michigan will Gain Billions with Immigrant Path to Citizenship

Rina Risper04 mins

By Rick Garcia
 
On May 23 that show a monumental boost to the nation as a whole including Michigan when immigrant workers become citizens and full economic participants. Billions of dollars  over a ten year period will accrue through increases in wages, purchasing power and revenue for the state. 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Three goal-crushing mistakes most of us make

Rina Risper07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services
 
If you set goals for yourself or for others as part of your job, it is imperative that you don’t make these three goal crushing mistakes. You already learned how positive fantasies hurt real-world success — that when you imagine the positive result too vividly, you experience some of the joy and become less energized to actually do the work. But that’s just the beginning. Not all goals are created equally.

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