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Opinion

A Turning Point

Editorials and columns

"You have to try to point them towards ultimate purposes and towards getting back to the church, getting back to faith, getting married, having children ... I'm trying to paint a picture of virtue of lifting people up, not just staying angry," Charlie Kirk said last week. Now he is dead, ...

The light left on: The farmer’s wife

Editorials and columns

As fall begins to creep into Northern Michigan and the crops begin to brown, it can only mean one thing is coming to the farm — harvest. Harvest time on the farm is like the grand finale of a yearlong performance. The fields were planted and tended all through the spring and summer with ...

Making the most out of retirement

Editorials and columns

A friend and I were talking about retirement the other day. He was seeking some advice as he contemplates what that passage of life might look like for he and his family down the road. I gladly shared with him my thoughts and recommendations, but that conversation triggered another question in ...

Elect Clowns, Expect a Circus

Letters to the Editor

When community members attend a school board meeting they do so with the expectation their time will be spent in a useful manner. What they do not expect to witness is a clown-car side show production meant to prove some useless point. If the community members attending the August 25th school ...