My mother and I simultaneously endured one of the worst flu experiences we’ve had in quite some time, over the New Year’s holiday. Both of our illnesses were prolonged and I still have a lingering cough. There were moments throughout this illness, like anytime I am unwell, that I feel ...
Christmas brings with it the remembrance of things from the past. Usually, enhanced thoughts and feelings of Christmas celebrations of childhood easily come. The wonder and awe of the beauty of lit Nativity scenes and marvelously decorated trees on Christmas Eve that awaited the presence of the infant Jesus and presents under the tree, were part of my childhood. I remember my newborn sister, only three weeks old, being carefully placed by my mother under the tree in a red and white outfit, complete with a Santa hat. My memories of Christmas are exhaustive and wonderful, fondly ...
I have been writing newspaper columns for twenty years. Usually they are about 700 words long. But there aren’t enough words to adequately explain what happened this week at the Alpena High School. Let’s start at the beginning. It was sixteen years ago on January 5, 2010, when my ...
Let's dispense with the convenient fiction: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not the primary threat to our communities. The real danger lies in the growing normalization of disorder, intimidation and lawlessness -- often wrapped in the language of "justice" but driven by something far ...
Why pay taxes when so much of your hard-earned money goes to fraudsters instead of doing good? Government bureaucrats and elected politicians, mostly Democrats, scream in outrage when any effort is made to crack down on fraud by requiring proof of where the money is actually going. They ...
What extras do you have in your living spaces, or maybe even hanging around at work? Let’s talk about food. How many of you have full freezers, refrigerators, pantry and food shelves that are filled to the brim with foods you don’t use? When my refrigerator freezer gets fuller than ...
