So who has the toughest job in Lansing? Nope. Not the governor. Nope. Not the guy who parks cars for lawmakers. (Gotcha. There is no such person.) If you picked Winnie Brinks you'd be right for the purpose of this installment. But points off if you are going, Winnie who? Winnie Theresa ...

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 as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 wring ...

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 ...