In Bill Watterson’s great comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin, 6, is horrified when informed that he kissed a girl before bed last night. After a moment he makes an exception to the rules of his G.R.O.S.S. club (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS). “Smooching is optional if it’s your mom” he ...
Sitting in the warm glow of Granum Theatre watching the 1976-77 Lumberjack men’s basketball team’s induction into the Lumberjack Legends Hall of Fame, it occurred to me once again the enduring power of positive connection. Coach Bill Morse’s 1976-77 Lumberjack team finished the season ...
For months, ideological enforcer journalists who intensely labor to keep left-wing elitist media outlets as leftist and anti-Trump as possible have been panicking over the Ellisons getting their hands on CNN and turning it into -- cue siren noises -- another CBS News. Paramount has been ...
Michigan forestlands have nearly a hundred species of trees, according to the Forest Service inventory program. Add a few more species if you count those in urban and residential areas. An eclectic group of obscurities occupy a small, but interesting, fraction of our forest volume. As ...
On Wednesday, Sept. 23, I attended the League of Women Voters candidating event, where the candidates running for seats on the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education and Alpena County residents had the opportunity to meet in a non-confrontational and informal session. Attendees were seated at five tables (the original plan was for eight tables), but three of the eight candidates did not appear. Lindsey Klein, Vincent Thomas and Robert Bruning apparently did not provide a reason for their absence. The candidates were allowed 15 minutes at each table where they answered as many ...
Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office -- one of whom was St. Thomas More -- and even the king's second wife, ...
