Editorial

Allegan Co. needs a truly radical drain commissioner

by Mark Ludwig, candidate Allegan County Drain Commissioner America had a derecho on Aug. 10. While Allegan County caught some windy rain storms from the fringes, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center…

Editor August 21, 2020

Editorial

How Come? Why doesn’t Hopkins Twp. meet at hall?

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor When I was a child, one of my favorite Sunday comics was “They’ll Do…

Editor August 20, 2020

Editorial

What are we going to do about rigging the election?

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” — George Carlin “I’m mad as…

Editor August 15, 2020

Editorial

I disagree with ‘back to school,’ but hope for the best

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. While virtually attending the school board meetings Monday night for Hopkins and Wayland, I…

Editor August 11, 2020

Editorial

‘Liberal media’ is actually just a hyped up oxymoron

EDITOR'S NOTE: I published this editorial on Townbroadcast four years ago. Given recent developments and a slew of comments I've seen on Facebook for quite some time, I feel compelled…

Editor August 9, 2020

Editorial

Doesn’t Family Farm & Home take Covid seriously?

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…

Editor August 4, 2020

Editorial

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

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…

Editor July 31, 2020

Editorial

Will voters throw out the baby with the bath water?

“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,…

Editor July 19, 2020

Editorial

Each life matters, but not to mob mentality, ideology

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,…

Editor July 13, 2020

Editorial

Let medical experts, not politicians, handle COVID-19

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…

Editor July 12, 2020