Columns

For the past 13 years, I have published this disclaimer on top of my editorials: “ACHTUNG: This is not a ‘fair and balanced’ article. It is an editorial by the…

by Robert M. Traxler President Joe Biden is racing to stop programs that in many cases are just plain dumb. Is it out of a concern for safety of the…

(Year-end analysis by David T. Young) The threat of massive economic and population growth has been discussed and feared for more than three decades for Leighton and Dorr townships and…

This recipe comes from A Taste of America cookbook compiled by the Extension Homemakers of Allegan County 1976. It’s true that carrots are the star of the show, but the…

by Phyllis McCrossin This is my last missive for 2024. My, how time flies. For me, the holiday season is over. Some contend the season ends with the New Year,…

I hear tell seat belt use by motorists has decreased for the second year in a row. Fewer and fewer people, it seems, think they’re necessary. At the same time,…

by Robert M. Traxler Trump v. The Administrative State, or the Swamp if you prefer. The battle lines are drawn, and the media is squarely on the side of the…

by Phyllis McCrossin I think I’m pretty tired.   I realized this when I looked at some old Facebook posts and realized just 10 short years ago I was working as…

by Kathy Hamman Miller (This recipe is shown doubled). Ingredients: 1 - 24 ounce bar almond vanilla bark 1 - 24 ounce bar chocolate bark 1 - 8 ounce German…

by Robert M. Traxler So what is up with the rogue aircraft all over the northeast? Indeed, over the entire nation and in Western Europe, drones, rotary wing, fixed wing,…