Editorial – Page 14

Monopolies seem to be creeping back into society

March 12, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. My wife and I get our Internet, land line telephone and cable television services through the Charter Spectrum Triple Play program. We’ve done so for a long time. Though the Internet service has been...

Ukraine actually presents us with a just, moral cause

February 28, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I do not support U.S. military intervention in Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion. But I do believe this is the first instance since World War II of a conflict our country...

WHS ‘Finest Hour’ was FAC doubleheader in concerts

February 12, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Sir Winston Churchill, while praising the British Air Force for holding off the German Luftwaffe's attack on London, called it "Britain's Finest Hour." U.S. President Richard Nixon surprisingly more than 30 years later made...

‘Retiring’ was only way for Wiersema to exit gracefully

January 26, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. The news of the early “retirement” of Hopkins High School social studies teacher Robert Wiersema was interesting, but not surprising. Wiersema was placed on leave in November shortly after the tragic fatal shooting of...

I’m not sure I trust the polls to be accurate any more

January 23, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. I received a phone call Sunday afternoon from a representative from EPIC-MRA about the Wayland Union Schools millage request in August. As promised. The Wayland Board of Education and administration have been working on...

The motorist who drove flying vehicle was no hero

January 22, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. I am deeply disappointed in my brethren in the media for continuing the practice of promoting narcissists, particularly those who exhibit bad behavior. The most recent example came last week at the 142nd Avenue...

We collectively have failed to properly deal with Covid

January 18, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. It’s been nearly two years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, and one thing seems certain: We have collectively handled this crisis very poorly. Much of the problem is that we have turned a health...

It appears we have a choice, for once, in a GOP primary

January 9, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. Bill Huizenga Fred Upton It appears Allegan County voters will have a rare opportunity to choose between two candidates who have differing opinions in the Republican primary next August. Because of redistricting, the process...

Taxpayer funds shouldn’t go to help private business

January 5, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. It was interesting to observe that the parking lot to the immediate south of Aqua In Vino on South Main in Wayland remains closed to the public. Aqua In Vino owner Arne Rodriguez last...

Celebrity journalism has overrun the real news

January 2, 2022

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Now y’see. That’s what’s wrong with this country.” — Ross Perot, campaigning for president in 1992 I’ve been in the business of community journalism for almost 50 years, and along the way I have...

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