Letters to the Editor
The perfect candidate for Dowagiac
Here in Dowagiac, the voters of Ward 1 have an opportunity to elect a well-rounded candidate to the ...
Columns
Eliminating driver responsibility fees
Michigan’s driver responsibility fees are an unfair double penalty that makes it difficult for many residents who have ...
Columns
Congress failing to secure funding for the nation’s community health centers
Because Congress did not extend the Community Health Centers Fund by Oct. 1, every Community Health Center across ...
Letters to the Editor
Be sure to thank your spiritual leader this week
Once a year since 1985, Pastoral Care Week has been celebrated. It began as a national effort, and ...
Columns
The Wizard and the Demi-god, part 2
What has happened so far: A Wizard guards a path into a dense forest. A lone Traveler attempts ...
Letters to the Editor
GOP attempting to weaken health care for children
Congressional Republicans have been frustrated in their efforts to harm millions of Americans by eliminating Medicaid expansion, increasing ...
Leader Columnists
Businesses provide great model for importance of service to community
Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘what are you doing for others?’” ...
Letters to the Editor
Thank you for your service, Chief Kozal
Former Police Chief Kozal earned praise for solving a 40-year-old cold case, the oldest in Michigan. As reported ...
Letters to the Editor
Raising awareness for a neglected health problem
To all women out there who have questions about their gynecological health and either have not gotten the ...
Letters to the Editor
Restoring democracy to Michigan elections
In Michigan and other states, politicians manipulate voting maps to create lopsided districts, virtually guaranteeing their own re-elections. ...
Columns
Protecting your personal information online
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and it’s a time to remind us of the steps we ...
Letters to the Editor
America’s firearm violence epidemic must come to end
How many more deaths will it take before our elected representatives have the courage to pass common-sense legislation ...
Columns
Darkness does not win
Darkness is pervasive. Darkness is enveloping. Darkness is fearsome. But one shaft of light can penetrate the darkness ...
Letters to the Editor
Apple Festival as stunning as the weather was
I am writing to thank the Apple Festival Parade Committee for the great parade they gave us in Niles ...
Columns
The Wizard and the Demi-god
At the edge of a dark and dense forest, snuggled into a bentwood chair fashioned from red willow ...
Letters to the Editor
Apple Festival as stunning as the weather was
I am writing to thank the Apple Festival Parade Committee for the great parade they gave us in Niles ...
Letters to the Editor
Trump tax plan helps the rich, harms the poor
The tax plan that President Trump and Congressional Republicans rolled out recently would reduce federal revenues by $2.4 ...
Leader Columnists
There’s no place like home
If you visited downtown Niles Friday afternoon, you likely saw a sea of people in yellow shirts darting ...
Letters to the Editor
Sensible gun policies needed — now
The mass shooting in Las Vegas has been called a senseless tragedy as nearly 60 people were killed ...
Letters to the Editor
Let’s have a dialogue about the anthem protests
Ms. Suzanne Flandreau and Mr. John Stevenson replied to my earlier letter to the editor with well-thought comments. ...
Columns
Fall hunting season begins
Hunting has always been a favorite tradition and pastime of many southwest Michigan families, and I will continue ...
Columns
Walter Rego’s horoscope
Walter Rego is a multi-faceted entrepreneur with a history of taking on high profile projects — and abandoning ...
Letters to the Editor
Trump is sabotaging American health care
Donald Trump is actively sabotaging the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), a law that has enabled ...
Letters to the Editor
Who does the flag really stand for?
Michael Waldron, in his letter last week, characterizes athletes who kneel during the national anthem as “grandstanding” and ...
Letters to the Editor
Players protesting injustice, not patriotism
Dear Mr. Waldron, I fear that you have been taken in by the president’s latest attempt to create ...
