Leader Columnists
Hometown pride wins every time
On the corner of Section Street and U.S. 12 in Edwardsburg, a large hand-painted sign leaning against a ...
Columns
Michigan’s veterans deserve our support, appreciation
One of my greatest honors as your senator is taking part in Veterans Day tributes throughout Southwest Michigan ...
Leader Columnists
Nixing public notices to keep citizens in the dark
Although it remains unclear whether or not they liken themselves to French seer Nostradamus or Apple creator Steve ...
Columns
Starfish Story: Kincheloe teachers make a difference
Many of the dedicated teachers at Kincheloe Elementary have been trained in Reading Recovery. Reading Recovery is an ...
Letters to the Editor
Economy better off with Obama
In the six years that President Obama has been in office, the following changes have taken place: 1) ...
Letters to the Editor
There are consequences whether your vote or not
Voting has consequences, same with not voting.
Leader Columnists
Finding the right battlefront in ‘war’
“We are at war, a ‘war on drugs.’” It was impossible to grow up in the 1980s and ...
Columns
Republican takeover will not help progress
With the results of last week’s election the people of America have made it clear that they want ...
Letters to the Editor
After the polls close
Voting has consequences, same with not voting. If you voted last Tuesday, you may or may not have ...
Columns
Learning to deal with mental health issues
This week’s article is being written and sent from Troy, Michigan. I am attending instructor training for Youth ...
Letters to the Editor
What a show!
The Beckwith Theatre has done it again. Given a spectacular and great performance of Jeff Daniels’ (Michigan Born ...
Columns
A journey of reinvention
Someone I dearly love is a soldier stationed in Afghanistan right now, and I have no recourse other ...
Columns
Have a safe, successful deer hunting experience
Hunting has always been a favorite tradition and pastime of many Southwest Michigan families. Our rich hunting heritage ...
Columns
When men are sick
As I write this piece, I am losing out on a perfectly good day at work by huddling ...
Leader Columnists
Let’s return to the season of giving
It seems like everywhere I turn someone is complaining about Christmas. Some grumble that the season has become ...
Columns
Have a safe, successful deer hunting experience
Hunting has always been a favorite tradition and pastime of many Southwest Michigan families. Our rich hunting heritage ...
Columns
Republican takeover will not help progress
With the results of last week’s election the people of America have made it clear that they want ...
Columns
Learning to deal with mental health issues
This week’s article is being written and sent from Troy, Michigan. I am attending instructor training for Youth ...
Columns
Nothing non-traditional about learning
Developing a culture of continuous learning is crucial to the future success of our students and community. The ...
Columns
The problem with prescription drug prices
Recently, I had a long talk with my pharmacist about imported over-the-counter and generic prescription drugs, most notably ...
Columns
On being criminally inept
This is the flaw, the unsightly blemish, the ugly little secret that scars an otherwise beautiful little city ...
Columns
The apathetic stand-in
Autumn is the time of harvest, when grains are shorn and stockpiled for winter’s months of frozen barrenness. ...
Columns
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Have you seen the Christmas decorations in the stores already?
