Columns

We all complain to some degree, some more than others. Our health, lack of money, lack of sleep, marital situation, job woes – many things within our daily lives we…

By Jeff Salisbury Whether it’s Paris or Kenya…terrible things, religious superstitions. Just terrible. Too many Muslim, Jewish, and Christian sects professing to be the keepers and translators of End-Times Prophecy.…

The obituary notice published last week for Dustin Van Harn, 18, of Leighton Township, truly was one of the most unusual I have seen in my more than 40 years…

by Amy Kerr Hardin “You gotta give back something. I don’t want to see people suffering.” — Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers on what drives him as a public servant. Asking…

by Barry Hastings The once popular (now not so much) poet Robert Service wrote (in a short verse preceding his collected works), "I have no doubts at all the Devil…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of “Basura” is an ancient friend who harkens back to the Grand Valley State University days. He is the latest columnist to join our family of…

I read something pretty revealing last week. There was a discussion about “Gun Free Zone” signs at schools, colleges and churches. Everyone knows this is a liberal chant and reverberation…

By Jeff Salisbury The Michigan Legislature is still debating Detroit schools’ future as the state-run deficit grows under three governors’ control. The Detroit Public Schools is in even bigger financial…