Columns
APPLEGATE: Crisis response key to nurturing school community
As recent tragic events have demonstrated, you can never be too prepared for a crisis situation. At Niles ...
Letters to the Editor
SMC board chair provides answers for tax payers
I’m sure that taxpayers were as shocked as the college was when the Michigan Office of the Auditor ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Global warming
What if global warming ceased because we all took the misuse of fossil fuels seriously, thus resulting in ...
Columns
WILSON: Harry’s retirement job
“I found Harry the perfect retirement job.” Jimmy had finished his lactose friendly omelet (scrambled eggs) and virgin ...
Leader Columnists
NELDON: Historic natural disaster brings community together
Last Wednesday evening, one of our reporters returned to the newsroom after a jam-packed day of breaking news ...
Letters to the Editor
Legal Marijuana takes human toll
Marijuana related traffic fatalities have increased 100 percent in two states where the drug is already legalized — ...
Columns
MIDDLETON: Congress fixes the health center funding cliff
On behalf of Cassopolis Family Clinic Network, and the nation’s nearly 1,400 health centers and the 27 million ...
Columns
PROOS: Celebrating reading month throughout March
Reading is vital to a successful education and lays the foundation to a rewarding future. Learning to read ...
Columns
STRAYER: Coming soon to your front door: Political candidates!
The next 10 months are going to give political junkies, campaign veterans, disgruntled Republicans, angry Democrats and the ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Vote for the people who want to change gun laws
Wednesday, Feb. 14, brought news of yet another horrific episode in the ongoing slaughter of innocent people, including ...
Leader Columnists
NELDON: Following this yellow brick road we call ‘life’
How often in your life have you thought to yourself, “I might be better at this, if only ...
Letters to the Editor
Retired teacher demands action for gun control
The “thoughts and prayers” of Americans must give cold comfort to families victimized by the current mass shooting ...
Letters to the Editor
Just a game
I just had a terrible thought. I can’t believe it’s true but I can’t think of any other ...
Columns
PUCKETT: Surely, somebody has an answer
Another mass killing . . . Will I be next? That question is not far from most of ...
Columns
PROOS: Punitive driver responsibility fees to be eliminated
Michigan’s driver responsibility fees are an unfair double penalty that makes it difficult for many residents who have ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Upton has repeatedly voted against gun violence prevention measures
Congressman Fred Upton voted to repeal President Obama’s executive order blocking gun purchases by mentally ill individuals who ...
Columns
WILSON: Snow removal: Battle of the lake effect
Snow has fallen – and fallen – and fallen. This is not an uncommon sight in the middle ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Drugs, alcohol, mental illness
Prohibition, the term used to describe the effort to end alcohol abuse, lasted less than 14 years. It ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Release the Democratic memo
I am writing to the men and women of Congress to show my support for the release of ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Illegal immigrants
The Republicans would have us believe that illegal immigrants are pouring into our country, stealing our jobs, lowering ...
Leader Columnists
NELDON: Thanks to our street departments
Just a week after the groundhog saw its shadow, Mother Nature gave us a big reminder that winter ...
Columns
PROOS: Enjoy Michigan free winter fishing this weekend
Michigan has celebrated free winter fishing every year for more than two decades in an effort to increase ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Investing Russian interference
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and his staff are supposed to be investigating Russian interference in the ...
Columns
KAUFFMAN: In Pursuit of a Younger Heart
February is the month of hearts: red paper valentines, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, and those pastel candy sweethearts ...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: President Trump equals Hitler, Putin, (fill-in favorite villain)
The title notwithstanding, this is not a defense of Donald Trump. I like what has happened to ...
