When we think of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., we think of peace, justice, and a diligent push for the rights of every American to have an equal chance at a better life. That legacy ought to be remembered, commemorated, defended, protected, and striven for every day of every year, not ...

Basketball is an indoor game. Games sometimes are not able to be played, not due to the inside coziness, but the cold, snow, and sickness on the outside. Monday’s game against Rudyard was called off because of the elements. Tuesday and Wednesday saw a bitter-cold spell that shut down school. ...

“A good example has twice the value of good advice.” ~ Albert Schweitzer How true, today, months after I was a tourist in Poland. I have in my brain an image I saw. A young man stopped on the sidewalk across from a church. He blessed himself with no embarrassment or thought of who may be ...

Is there a state agency with a worse track record than the Michigan Economic Development Corp.? The MEDC tries to promote economic growth in Michigan by giving billions of dollars of taxpayer money to hand-picked corporations. Sometimes, the MEDC brings a new company to the state. ...

The first weekend after New Year’s Day, shepherds in our state, who can break away from their day-to-day operations, and are members of Michigan Sheep Producers Association, meet in Lansing for their annual conference called Shepherds Weekend. At this Friday/Saturday/Sunday event, important ...

Back in 2006, when Amway’s favorite son, Dick DeVos, decided to run for governor, he and his team were smart enough to know what he didn’t know, and one of those elements was he did not have a lot of media cross-examination experience. So they shipped him around to every outstate local ...