Columns
If you see something, say something
In May of this year, I announced charges against four educators at the Three Oaks Elementary School for ...
Letters to the Editor
GOP budget, tax cut plan are irresponsible, immoral
The Republican Congress just agreed on a budget that, if enacted into law, would add $1.5 trillion to ...
Columns
Benefits of a state first-time homebuyer savings program
Concerns about being able to afford a responsible down payment often hold back prospective first-time homebuyers. This is ...
Columns
A history lesson: The Decade of Weird
The “Summer of Love” was in 1968. The last German-produced Volkswagen Beetle came off the assembly line in ...
Columns
The health benefits of volunteer work
We know that volunteering for a good cause helps others. Research now shows that the volunteers are also ...
Letters to the Editor
Tribute to our Boy Scouts
I had the pleasure of hosting our Christmas Craft Extravaganza this past Nov. 4. We asked Doug Stringfellow and ...
Letters to the Editor
Oh Captain! My Captain!
Our little community of Edwardsburg has lost another pillar, and the foundations are shifting yet again. We did ...
Leader Columnists
Find the reason for the season in Michiana Life
“The happiest people I know are the ones who lose themselves in the service of others.” This Gordon ...
Leader Columnists
A great gift to the local community
While we are still 47 days out from the big day itself, it is never too soon to ...
Columns
Showing our appreciation of Michigan’s veterans
Saturday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. It is a time to thank the courageous men and women who ...
Columns
Danny Tyree: ‘Casablanca’ turns 75: we’ll always have parodists
When I was in my late teens, a Nashville TV station ran a late-night double-feature of Humphrey Bogart ...
Letters to the Editor
It’s time to fix the city’s clock
For more than a year now, I have noticed our beautiful old clock on Main Street in Niles ...
Letters to the Editor
Guns or butter?
Thomas Rea submitted a letter to the editor, “Stand up for Peace, not more War.” His sentiment is ...
Columns
People say the funniest things
Most of the things I write about do not come from my vivid and fertile imagination. Most of ...
Letters to the Editor
Bakeman committed to quality of Dowagiac’s public safety agencies
I’ve known Patrick Bakeman for more than 30 years. He has always been a reliable, hard working and ...
Leader Columnists
Who would you take down the yellow brick road?
When we hear the word “hero,” often images of brawny people in spandex and capes soaring through the ...
Letters to the Editor
America’s next threat coming from within
In the words of General Douglas MacArthur: I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not ...
Letters to the Editor
Stand up for peace, not more war
The founders of our country did not encourage a standing army in times of peace. They thought state ...
Columns
Celebrating the value of STEM education
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics education is key to our future because it prepares students for careers in ...
Columns
A Yankee remembers Alexandria, Virginia
When I moved back home to Niles in 2009, I left Alexandria, Virginia behind, after living there for ...
Letters to the Editor
Gun control is an important part of the answer to firearm violence
A recent op-ed by Leah Libresco in the Washington Post stated: “I used to think gun control was the ...
Columns
The Wizard and the Demi-god: Part III
What has happened so far: A Wizard guards a path into a dense forest. A lone Traveler attempts ...
Local Government
Trump’s tax plan is a scam
Donald Trump and his Congressional Republican accomplices are attempting to deceive the American people with a series of ...
Leader Columnists
An opportunity of a lifetime
Lost in my own thoughts as usual, I boarded an elevator to my third-floor hotel room in Port ...
Letters to the Editor
Bakeman’s community focus makes him right fit for city council seat
It is my pleasure to go on record as supporting Patrick Bakeman for Ward 1 City Council of ...
