Category: Columns

Ranger Rick: His Majesty hates the 1st Amendment

Post has published by Editor
Prince Harry is upset with one of our cherished rights — that of free speech. He and Megan were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey and trashed the Royal Family using the First Amendment on TV.  Whenever there is backlash over their trashing proclivities and others trashing them, the priceless Prince gets...
Read More

Ramblin’ Road: Customer conversations bear fruit

Post has published by Editor
by Phyllis McCrossin You meet all kinds of people when you work retail, especially in a resort town. I try to talk to as many as I can. Partially because talking to people helps to stave off the boredom of the slow times (and pre-Memorial Day it is slow, and...
Read More

Wayland Union’s learning plan remains unchanged

Post has published by Editor
Local Health Department collaboration Dr. Christina Hinds Schools continue to be required to work collaboratively with their local health department. Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, and Ionia County Health Departments have changed their county-wide orders; however, Wayland Union Schools is under the jurisdiction of the Allegan County Health Department (ACHD). ACHD continues...
Read More

Yes It’s True: Rituals are a force that gives us meaning

Post has published by Editor
Sasha Sagan I was listening to a radio interview the other day of Sasha Sagan, daughter of the late astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, who talked about the significance of rituals and ceremonies in American life. She maintained that somehow the simple act of going through the motions in...
Read More
Columns

Army Bob: Must we pay climate science believers?

Post has published by Editor
President Joe Biden has called for zero net carbon emissions by 2030 or 2050, depending, ah… Mr. President sir, humans will not exist in 2030. I am positive our President is not a science denier, so he must, indeed must believe the United Nations, the Inter Government Panel on the...
Read More
Columns

One Small Voice: We must work together to beat fears

Post has published by Editor
by Lynn Mandaville The other day, as I was beginning another day of home schooling my grandsons, their father Randy (my son) firmly told the older one, Jack, that he couldn’t show me his new Nintendo Switch game until all that  day’s lessons had been completed.  Then he left for...
Read More

Ranger Rick: Govt. should take away carrot and stick

Post has published by Editor
I was watching one of the political programs Sunday when Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was asked on "Face the Nation" whether the amount of money people receive because of the pandemic had anything to do with the help wanted by companies and businesses not being filled.  She said...
Read More

Ramblin’ Road: My retail adventure with Clay, age 5

Post has published by Editor
by Phyllis McCrossin I work at a clothing store in a tourist town. We sell T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and jackets with a variety of South Haven landmarks, plus some uniquely Michigan shirts. We also sell some men’s clothing and quite a bit of women’s clothing. I guess my age has...
Read More
Columns

Army Bob: Systemic racism arguments seem circular

Post has published by Editor
by Robert M. Traxler So just what is “Systemic Racism?” Glenn Harris, president of Race Forward and publisher of Colorlines, defined it as "the complex interaction of culture, policy and institutions that holds in place the outcomes we see in our lives." OK, once again it would be nice if the...
Read More

Ranger Rick: Hunter Biden has happy, privileged life

Post has published by Editor
When you try to purchase a weapon, you have to make out a form for your background check.  It's been some time since I made mine out, but I believe it was an FBI Firearms Purchase Form. I was buying a firearm with two other gentlemen waiting for their approval. ...
Read More
Previous Next