Editorial – Page 58

Wildcat hoops season postscript: We had joy, we had fun…

March 14, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The most painful part of the now departed Wayland boys' and girls' basketball seasons is that they are over. Fans can't go watch them play any more. For the players and coaches, they fell...

Editorial

Cancer risks should result in a moratorium on fracking

March 8, 2015

To the editor: I've been reading the Compendium of Scientific, Medical and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking www.concernedhealthny.org This compilation of evidence was used in New York as rationale for its moratorium – now a ban on fracking. As a registered nurse I’m outraged that a process...

Potential benefits of paved rec trail outweigh negatives

March 5, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. A friend Wednesday e-mailed me his opinion about the public hearing on the City of Wayland’s second attempt to get a state grant to help fund a paved trail on the old interurban from...

Tuinstra and Senneker must stop with the micro-managing

February 25, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein...

Lady Wildcats have a better than good chance for redemption

February 21, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Don’t get mad, get even.” — Joseph P. Kennedy, father of John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. Perhaps there’s a lot of disappointment and even hand wringing this weekend in the wake of the Wayland...

Prospects appear dim for passage of state-wide proposal for roads

February 14, 2015

There is good and bad in the state-wide ballot proposal on behalf of roads in a special election May 5, but in the end it doesn't matter because the smart money is betting that it will fail. The good is that the proposed increase in the state sales tax from...

President paints Christian sins long ago with too broad a brush

February 8, 2015

To the editor: Our President on Feb. 5 condemned all current Christians for the Spanish Inquisition of the 15th century and the Crusades in the 11th century. He also held the Christian religion responsible for slavery, even though most Africans enslaved were first enslaved by Muslim slave traders then sold...

Wayland school officials, board twice violated Open Meetings Act

February 3, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Wayland Union School officials and at least four members of the Board of Education apparently don't take the Open Meetings Act very seriously. Even after I helped them ward off holding an illegal special...

Lowell Police Department puts the public into public safety

January 31, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is a not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. "The two most important purposes of government are to solve problems and be a fair referee." — David T. Young Indeed, if only government would spend a lot more time doing just that....

We can reduce our risks of getting cancer by demanding clean energy

January 25, 2015

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Michigan, contributing to significant economic and social cost. About 10,000 children will be diagnosed with cancer in 2015. Our society is dependent on the petrochemicals linked to cancer and are largely derived from petroleum and coal to make pesticides, herbicides, fungicides,...

Category: Editorial