Undeniably one of 2019’s biggest local stories has to be the beach and dune erosion on the Lake Michigan coast due to abnormally high water levels and frequent high winds that whip the Big Lake into a frenzy. Since most people who know me personally and professionally know I work for WMEAC, …
Flowers:
There is a quiet parents’ movement afoot in Grand Haven right now, and it is one that could do irreparable harm to our kids.
Less than a month ago, President Trump became the first Republican in history, as well as the first cast member of “Home Alone 2,” ever to be impeached.
Many of us dream about living near the edge of the lakeshore, overlooking the majesty of Lake Michigan. That dream for the few that do have homes and summer cottages on the shore is now turning into a nightmare.
We have witnessed the highest lake levels since the mid-1980s. Seeing the devastation on both public and private lands has truly been eye-opening. There have been homes, yards, roads and dunes lost due to the erosion that has occurred. There has been a large increase in permit applications t…
It seems that all the talk both in print and on TV is how great our economy is doing. The stock market has reached record levels, unemployment is the lowest in decades and the consumer has kept on spending.
Gastrointestinal missteps
The Michigan Supreme Court should be applauded for its decision that cellphones and other electronic devices must be explicitly allowed in courthouses and courtrooms starting May 1, on the basis of equal access.
Democrats just won’t give up on the cause of Iran getting nuclear weapons.
On the evening of Jan. 16, 1991, I sat between my fiancé Michael and my father on a coral-silk brocade couch in Palm Beach as we watched television in my aging uncle’s claustrophobically small and poorly air-conditioned living room. We were in Florida to celebrate my 34th birthday earlier th…
Can humans ever become biologically immortal? There are some people who believe that someday that could happen.
What brings people to church?
It’s great that the Arizona-based U-Haul company cares about the well-being of its more than 30,000 employees. It’s commendable that it has adopted programs and offered benefits to promote their nutrition, fitness and overall health.
Flowers:
Whatever moral authority the United States had to justify the killing of Iran’s top general must not be squandered by President Donald Trump.
Michigan’s crime rate presently sits at a 50-year low and its prison population at a 20-year low. So it should follow that the state’s jail population also should be declining, as it has nationally since 2008. Instead, Michigan’s jail population has tripled since the 1980s – with no sign of …
Someone said on social media recently that this may be the decade when paper calendars go away. After all, he reasoned, digital calendars have been around for some time. Paper calendars are unwieldy and unnecessary.
Australia is on fire. Not all of it – but so far, flames have engulfed some 12 million acres, more than the land mass of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Inhabitants of the hot, dry continent learned long ago that coping with wildfires is a part of life. But the conflagrations that have s…
Clarifying election terms
The latest population numbers from the U.S. Census offer plenty of warnings for Michigan, which suddenly finds itself with a crop of policymakers at all levels of government who believe there is no problem that higher taxes and tighter regulations can’t solve.
In some ways, it’s been a rough start to 2020, personally and globally.
I watch my grandson, nearly 1 year old, lose it over gravity. The outrage! The insult! The heartbreak!
‘Uncut Gems’ promotes racism
The Tri-Cities Historical Museum is excited to present the topic of its next temporary exhibition opening in January 2020, the West Michigan Pike.
Since I wrote to you a month ago, I’ve been able to rediscover some of the old Christmas magic. Through the intentional and difficult work of saying no, guarding my time and parceling out my heart I’ve been able to rest enough to reflect, I’ve been able to really see the sparkle and sometime…
Can our democracy be saved?
It can be useful and instructive to observe the turning of a decade by looking back on what life was like in America a mere 100 years ago.
We’d scarcely finished breakfast, but my dog was already sneaking back to bed.
It is estimated that up to 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. Most have stopped their daily workouts, or resumed the consumption of coffee, chocolate or tobacco products by mid-February.
Flowers:
The decade that just came to an end delivered an underappreciated benefit to Americans that they’d surely notice if it were missing: extraordinary job growth.
I write a “dad’s wisdom” letter to my adult children in December of every year. This is my letter to them this year.
Normal people are overestimating the value of Christianity Today’s editorial in which Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli called for President Donald Trump’s removal. In plain English: It’s not what it appears to be.
As we approach New Year’s Eve tonight, many people will commit themselves to new resolutions, commitments they have made to change something about their lives for the better.
Although last year’s annual not-totally-serious forecast missed by predicting Ivanka Trump would become White House chief of staff and Vladimir Putin would formally endorse President Donald Trump for reelection, we did foresee the Washington Nationals winning the World Series and the House i…
Michigan lawmakers this month passed a bipartisan nine-bill package that would legalize sports betting and online gambling. We think citizens have the right to indulge their vices, but the state should be prepared to react to unintended consequences.
Two weeks ago, Bridge Magazine published a guest column titled “Michigan restricts inmates’ Medicaid access. Here’s why we should care.” I think we should care about facts and that column was largely devoid of them.
Republican doublethink
Ohio State’s football advantage
Looking for an escape this Christmas season that doesn’t cost anything? How about curling up on the couch with a good book.
Christmas is here once again! What a great time of year! Whether you celebrate it at church with friends or at home with family, it produces a warm and joyful experience. At least it should.
Have you ever wanted to own a newspaper?
Have you ever wanted to own a newspaper?
A clear and present danger
On Jan. 1, the Mackinac Center’s Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative posted and distributed its first policy recommendations of the year. The essay was titled “2019 State Budget: Cut Corporate Welfare for Roads and Economic Growth,” and it described the shortcomings of the state’s subsidy program…
The devastating business struggles of American journalism, especially local newspapers, strand much of the country without functional news coverage.
Flowers:
It would be hard to blame a lakeshore community for obsessing over lakeshore erosion right now.
If increasing access to health care coverage improves outcomes and reduces costs, why do we continue to exclude Michigan’s inmates from our Medicaid program?
Bravo to deer hunters in the state of Michigan for demonstrating a high degree of generosity in sharing their venison with people and families in need.
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