I mentioned in a baseball column that one of my favorite coaches was Jim VanParis. To remind you, we coached football against each other way back in 1962 and 1963 in tiny towns down near where Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana meet. My team beat his team for the only win in my short coaching ...
Americans should be concerned when they hear that foreign governments, China, Russia, and Iran are attempting to influence or interfere with our national election. In other words, influence from outside the sovereignty of the United States of America. QUESTION: How is the above situation ...
Textbooks summarize the science around a specific topic, such as forest or wildlife ecology. Because the natural world, our understanding of the natural world, and our interaction with the natural world all change, textbooks require regular updates of the peer-reviewed, scientific papers they ...
As a business owner and retired teacher, I want to voice my support for Gordon Snow and Renee Fisher for the Alpena Public Schools school board. Recently, they both attended the forum for candidates presented by the League of Women Voters, and I appreciate their open answers about why they ...
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Hello, Northeast Michigan! It is great to be here! I am a Michigan native, but lived in Texas and Florida for 44 years before retiring here to enjoy four seasons and Michigan outdoors. I have mainly been a truck driver, but was in the automobile business in Houston ...
The Alpena County Board of Commissioners, angry over perceived inaction on the part of Alpena County Library board members over controversial books on children’s and teen’s shelves at the library, voted this summer to oust and replace all of the library trustees. Now, the county board has ...