Editorial

Doesn’t Family Farm & Home take Covid seriously?

August 4, 2020

To the editor: I was totally surprised that Family Farm & Home had no mask requirements... most employees did not have one and those who did wore them on their neck. I know everyone will say "shop elsewhere..." It's hard to believe a corporation would not at least attempt to...

Time to shut down the U.S. because of COVID-19 failure

July 31, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced article. It is an editorial by the editor. “The excitement is contagious — and so are the Red Cross volunteers, as they wander through the crowd, pausing now and then to touch a child’s head.” — The Firesign Theatre, “Waiting for the...

Will voters throw out the baby with the bath water?

July 19, 2020

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was...

Editorial

Each life matters, but not to mob mentality, ideology

July 13, 2020

by Paul W. Jackson Except for a few hateful deer flies, each life matters. But not to everyone. On obituary pages, it's statistically uncommon to find people we know. Mostly, they're strangers. If we recognize a name, we'll stop, read, care a little, maybe say a prayer of comfort for...

Let medical experts, not politicians, handle COVID-19

July 12, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose fame has risen far and wide because of the COVID-19 crisis, made a significant televised comment the other day about what may have exacerbated a horrible American response to the...

Here’s how I see candidates in Aug. 4 primary election

July 11, 2020

“There ain’t a dime’s worth of difference between you two. I should’ve stayed home and planted corn.” — Bob Wenger of Middleville, speaking to GOP state representative candidates Gary Newell and Jim Bailey at a First Friday forum in 2000. ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It...

American hubris cause for us being No. 1 in COVID-19

July 1, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. By just about any standard I can think of, the United States’ ability to cope with the Coronavirus crisis has been nothing short of abysmal over the last four months. The U.S. has just...

Carter was right. We’re not a functioning democracy

June 21, 2020

Albert Parsons ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Let the will of the people be heard.” — Activist Albert Parsons’ last words before he was hanged at Haymarket Square in Chicago, 1886. I’ve long held that politicians have ignored the...

Let’s have electoral runoffs for power to the people

June 20, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. "In one-party system, you have one party. In two-party system, you have two parties. In multi-party system, you have more than two parties." — Dr. Sunjook Junn, GVSU political science professor Not long ago...

Editorial

All I am saying, is give Dr. Christina Hinds a chance

June 14, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. It is indeed an extremely rare occasion when I agree with faithful Townbroadcast commenters Don’t Tread on Me and John Wilkens. But we march as brothers in our admiration of Pat Velie, assistant superintendent...

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