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Army Bob: All Michigan presidential primary candidates the same?
The March 8 Michigan presidential primary will allow voters in our area to be heard not only on who may run for president, but also on what type of government…
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Barsura: The faux pas over ‘arrowheads’ at the Baldwin dig
We anthropology students at Grand Valley learned early that using the term "arrowhead" was unacceptable, at least scholastically. At institutions of higher learning, those artifacts are called projectile points. It…
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Ranger Rick: The pleasures and annoyances of driving in Michigan
In the many years I’ve commuted and traveled state and federal roads, I’ve notice many unusual things. One morning about five years ago on a nice warm spring morning, I…
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Monday Moanin’: Skilled trades workers needed In Michigan
Just Google the phrase “construction worker shortage Michigan.” After decades of the “college for all” mantra, too many K-12 public schools have divested themselves of their vocational and traditional “shop”…
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The Muck Starts Here: A mass murder comes closer to home
by Barry Hastings And won't it be interesting to learn about his motivation? Even more interesting will be learning the motivation of Jason Dalton's neighbors who, time after time that…
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Democracy Tree: Schuette, Snyder and the games they play
As the effluence of Gov. Snyder’s carefully timed bolus of damning emails was discharged in bulk on the media last Friday, the political fallout went from bad to worse for…
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Army Bob: Exaggerating history only encourages deniers
by Robert M. Traxler As a young child, the son of an American soldier stationed in post-World War II (1950s) Germany, I accompanied my father and sisters to Buchenwald, one…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Ritzes, Hudsons athletic royalty in Wayland
“You’d better watch out. You better not pout. You better not cry. I’m telling you why. Presley Hudson’s coming to town.” Indeed, Wayland’s best-ever female basketball player will be in…
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Basura: The enduring living legacy of a cherry rocker
I remember the cherry rocker that was in our home. It had come to our house from my maternal grandmother. I recall that when I was in high school, Grandma…
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Monday Moanin’: A couple of ideas for better early education
(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Source: Reading Readiness Has To Do With The Body Reading Readiness has to do with the body By…