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Bring competition to liquor sales

Regulators don't often decide to regulate less. Yet the state liquor commission is attempting to do just that.

Yesterday at 4:00 PM

Community Columnist

IDEMA: What are the origins of all the hate we see today?

We have seen so much hate on our TV screens lately. The faces of those carrying torches in Charlottesville on a Friday night yelling out hatred for Jews and the Nazi slogan, "blood and soil."

Yesterday at 2:00 PM

A Coast Guard port security unit boat providing security in New York Harbor after the 9/11 terrorist attack.

blog of the week

How 9/11 reshaped the U.S. Coast Guard

“With the 9/11 attacks, the War on Terror had set in motion dramatic changes to the Coast Guard.”

Sep 19, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Community Columnist

KALIS: The changing of the shin guards, and other fall transitions

Summer’s over and I have to come to terms with it.

Sep 19, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Our Views

City's parking plan is a good first step

It’s great to see Grand Haven officials take a permanent step to manage parking concerns in the city, especially on the heels of the city’s own downtown parking study and a recent Grand Valley State University tourism study which showed parking availability as a concern by visitors.

Sep 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM

Our Views

A sign of the times?

Politics can often produce strange bedfellows, as witnessed recently in a sign-swiping case in Spring Lake Township.

Sep 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM

On Aug. 12, 2017, white supremacist groups clashed with hundreds of counter-protesters during the ''Unite The Right'' rally in Charlottesville, Va. Dozens were injured in skirmishes and many others after a white nationalist plowed his sports car into a throng of protesters. One counter-protester died after being struck by the vehicle. The driver of the car was caught fleeing the scene and the governor of Virginia issued a state of emergency. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Zuma Press/TNS)

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PENNING: Free speech should beat back violence, not encourage it

We are fortunate that when people say the names of our communities — Grand Haven, Spring Lake, or even West Michigan — what is most likely to come to mind is the geographic features we enjoy.

Sep 14, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Jay Hall of Flint drove about two hours from his home to go salmon fishing on Oct. 1, 2014, in Harrisville. Hall didn't get a bite but remembers Harrisville swarming with salmon fishermen in 1989, the last time he went fishing along the Lake Huron shoreline. Since then the salmon population has declined significantly. (Dan Egan/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/TNS)

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Cost to take Lake Huron should be higher, not lower

It is open season on beaches in Michigan.

Sep 13, 2017 at 3:30 PM

Community Columnist

KOEDYKER: It's time to revive the sacred art of listening

It seems to me that, at the present time in the United States, there is an awful (and I mean “awful”) lot talking and shouting and bickering and fighting going on about different opinions.

Sep 13, 2017 at 2:30 PM

The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is beautifully landscaped next to the Tidal Basin.

blog of the week

Confessions of being complicit in racism

The Very Rev. Jared Cramer, in his blog, recalled the first time he realized that he was “complicit in racism.”

Sep 12, 2017 at 5:00 PM

A kayaker paddles through the flooded Lakes on Eldridge neighborhood near the Addicks Reservoir in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Hurricane Harvey inundated the Houston area with several feet of rain. (Tom Fox/Dallas Morning News/TNS) NO MAGAZINE SALES MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; INTERNET USE BY TNS CONTRIBUTORS ONLY

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The folly of paying Americans to live in harm’s way

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey’s hit on Texas, and with Hurricane Irma threatening Florida, let’s all acknowledge one reason for the vulnerability of Americans who live in low-lying coastal regions of the Sunbelt.

Sep 12, 2017 at 4:00 PM

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SAVAGE: Misunderstood: How to embarrass yourself in 3 languages

We all have memories of self-induced mortification, moments when the words that slip out of our mouths are so time-stopping that they hang heavy in the air, unable to be retrieved but taking their sweet time to settle in on the recipient.

Sep 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM