Leader Columnists

Election coverage must be fair, balanced

In today’s world it seems like the election cycle is pretty much non-stop — just like the cable ...

Columns

School spirit tourney Final Four announced

The 2014 Southwest Michigan School Spirit Tournament is in the homestretch. The tournament is about inspiring our students, ...

Columns

Safety tips for upcoming prom season

Do 1 Thing The mission of Do 1 thing is to move individuals, families, businesses, and communities to ...

Columns

From stuffing phone booths to VW Beetles

How many people can you stuff into a phone booth?

Letters to the Editor

Credit unions make a difference

It’s true. Elected officials from both sides of the aisle agree that credit unions matter — specifically, because ...

Columns

Time for Americans to get to work on saving unions

It’s been a year since “Right to Work” or “Right to Work for Less” was implemented in the ...

Columns

If you don’t look good, I don’t look good

It has been my experience that most weddings are like runaway trains.

Columns

Off to boot camp

About a month ago, two local recruiters from the United States Marines dropped by the Leader Publications office ...

Columns

What about America and God?

Beyond the discussion of the existence of God, and beyond the controversy concerning the founding of America on ...

Columns

A ‘win-win’ cooperative decision

The Niles Charter Township Board and the Brandywine Community Schools Board of Education just completed a trade of ...

Columns

Jimmy does not like a lot of things

It is not enough to make such a simple understatement.

Leader Columnists

Winners not always dictated by the scoreboard

For me, the most compelling part of sports is always what occurs outside the lines: The human-interest storylines ...

Columns

Spring has arrived

Is it spring yet? Well, it certainly felt that way last weekend. Judging by the forecasts projected over ...

Columns

Bicycle safety tips for spring weather

As I have stated in previous columns, March was a busy month. Last week I attended the 19th ...

Columns

Michigan needs to attract doctors

Arguably the most important thing in our health care system is access to care. Unfortunately, a shortage of ...

Columns

Dowagiac Daily News gets a new office

For past several months, Leader Publications has worked with the City of Dowagiac and Dowagiac DDA to find ...

Columns

Phone booths used to be for stuffing, not just calling

How many people can you cram into a telephone booth?

Columns

Engaging sidewalk talk in Cass

Although the over-stayed guest, better known as winter, still covers our sidewalks in an unwelcome white carpet and ...

Columns

A slight change of plans

As most of you probably know by now, my wife gave birth to our first child on March ...

Letters to the Editor

Congratulations to the cast of ‘Parade’

My wife Teri and I had the great good fortune of attending last weekend’s performance by SMC’s Theater ...

Letters to the Editor

Buchanan library thanks the community

On behalf of the Buchanan District Library, I would like to thank the wonderful community of Buchanan for ...

Letters to the Editor

Prescription drug prices too high

Here, in the U.S., I can’t get the generic because some brand name companies are entering into agreement ...

Columns

Michigan must help working mothers

Like most people, whenever I hear the term “minimum-wage earner” I think of some high school kid working ...

Columns

What’s the worst that could happen?

My grandparents were blessed with the amazing ability to align their five children evenly…boy, girl, boy, girl, boy.

Columns

When current events collide

It seems like only yesterday when Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped up and saved the Obama Administration from ...

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