Columns
Spring comes to the big wrap-around porch
In a fortuitously short amount of time, winter’s frigid, sub-zero grip loosened, and out slipped a seemingly balmy, ...
Leader Columnists
My favorite sounds of spring
All the traditional signs of spring are here — the melting snow, the warmer days, the birds chirping ...
Letters to the Editor
Elks thank community, businesses for help
Dowagiac Elks Lodge #889 wants to thank the following donors for their Wild Game & Auction night contributions. ...
Columns
The good grief
There are some things you never fully get over the loss of: a child, a person you truly ...
Columns
Erasing the mistakes in your life
In an article I wrote recently I said I was looking for a big eraser to eliminate my ...
Columns
How to stay safe on the internet
A theme for the month of March is internet safety awareness.
Columns
Transparency worth more than cost savings
It may have a new name, but the legislation that would essentially leave many citizens in the dark ...
Leader Columnists
You can’t hide that Bobcat pride
“Hey you Bobcat fans. Let me see you rock those stands!”
Columns
Why didn’t President Obama want Netanyahu to speak to Congress?
In my opinion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to Congress on March 3 that bordered on ...
Columns
Part three: The Witch and the Alchemist
Witches are not born. Bitterness is the toxin from which witches are created.
Leader Columnists
Volunteerism cannot be built on the few; must look to the many
In sports — and in life — we misguidedly overanalyze raw data, often convinced that statistics can tell ...
Leader Columnists
Time to celebrate my favorite month of the year
I remember the day I got my first library card like some kids remember their first trip to ...
Columns
Honoring our winter unsung heroes
We all know the past two winters have been tough. We had nine snow days last year, and ...
Columns
Part Two: The Witch and the Alchemist
When Edna was still a young girl, a miller came to their village and set up his millworks ...
Columns
Weighing in on students’ questions
Students at Brandywine Middle/High School recently asked me the following questions. To ask a question, please email or ...
Columns
New initiative encourages hiring of Michigan veterans
We owe our freedoms to the brave men and women in uniform who put their nation before themselves. ...
Columns
Scoring high in achievement
We’ve been telling you how well our elementary schools are doing, with two of them earning the recognition ...
Columns
Not a No. 2 Ticonderoga to be found
Now that I have found so many pencils at my house, my favorite pencil, a Ticonderoga No. ...
Letters to the Editor
Lack of jobs no reason for unrest
In listening to the two mouthpieces sent out by the U.S. State Department, we are supposed to believe ...
Leader Columnists
Dowagiac Union Schools students on a roll
Friday morning, perhaps the most exciting news of the year thus far broke — that Dowagiac Union High ...
Letters to the Editor
Customers deserve convenience of purchasing alcohol in supermarkets
We are a family-owned business employing some 3,400 people, operating 18 stores in Indiana and three in Michigan.
Letters to the Editor
Soup lunch was a success
The women of Beta Sigma Ohi, chapters, Masters, Xi Delta Mu and Kappa Beta are pleased to announce ...
Letters to the Editor
Economy is not the problem
In listening to the two mouthpieces sent out by the U.S. State Department, we are supposed to believe ...
Columns
Part one: The Witch and the Alchemist
Edna could not claim mystical royal lineage. She was not an enchanted princess that had been cursed by ...
Columns
Offering women the tool of self-defense
“Women must not depend on the protection of a man but must be taught to defend herself.”
