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Editorials and columns

A lack of trust in absentee voting

You reap what you sow. Especially if you dump on a lot of fertilizer. Critics of the Michigan Republican Party claim the party poohbahs are recovering this week from a flip-flop of pretzel-like proportions, as they are now — in bold letters on a mailer — reassuring their legions that ...

Rockport plan intriguing, share your thoughts

While still in their early planning stages, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has some big plans for Rockport State Recreation Area along Lake Huron’s shorelines north of Alpena. The DNR’s draft plan would add the following to the 4,237-acre recreation area: ∫ 100 ...

Have you chopped your half of the tree?

“As our buggy wound its way up through the bottoms, Grandpa started talking. ‘You know, Billy,’ he said, ‘about this tree-chopping of yours, I think it’s all right. In fact, I think it would be a good thing if all young boys had to cut down a big tree like that once in their life. It ...

Seeing the severity, forgetting the fascination

As humans, we are drawn to and intrigued by tragedy. However dark that may sound, several studies have not only proven that but tried to explain it, as well. The truth is, we have been for generations. In the early 1900s, the Titanic disaster captivated the interest of millions. So ...

So, are you registered to vote in Nov.?

Election Day is fast-approaching, and this year’s balloting will decide some seriously pressing issues for Northeast Michigan. In addition to deciding who will represent us in Congress and the Michigan Legislature and the makeup of governing boards at area counties, townships, cities, and ...

A gun, a tub, and my two homes

Let me tell you a story today about a bathtub, a battleship gun, and a rally cry that united a country to war. My wife and I enjoy history, and, recently, we found ourselves on a coolish autumn day outside the Hancock County Historical Museum in downtown Findlay. Inside, we discovered a ...