Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Clare County Review & Marion Press Columns Courier-Leader & Paw Paw Flashes LaFayette Sun Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record Three Rivers Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel

Classified document scandal needs to be put to rest

After re-reading my opinion last week that the Trump/Biden classified documents scandal was much to do about nothing, I realized I left out a couple of major points.First, I minimalized the importance of classified documents, by writing many of them are rendered useless by age. We are going crazy over documents relating to policies and Read More…

Clare County Review & Marion Press Columns

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: Recovering and complaining

Most of the time, I consider myself pretty lucky. I am nearly 77 and other than having my tonsils out at 5 or 6 years old, have not had many hospital visits or stays, other than for certain tests, a surgery a couple of years back, a bout with pneumonia and a battle to get Read More…

Columns Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorPsycho ImageMy imaginary polar trip, paired with Ron and Maggie Coghlin’s real one, was past desperate. They’d passed through a Buenos Aires flower cooler down wood steps to 100-foot basement bar for cocktails. Maggie’s absinthe was served with one perfect cube of ice.I’d been on a 10-foot raft lost between Tierra del Fuego Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Columns Courier-Leader & Paw Paw Flashes Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record

Life as Performance Art

 Harry and Megs recalled a conversation Mother had with me over half a century ago.  I don’t know what brought it on, although it was probably a long-winded telephone monologue from her friend Juanita. Juanita would call several times a week, usually when she was unhappy. Mother sat me down and said that in all relationships, Read More…

Allegan County News & Union Enterprise Clare County Review & Marion Press Columns Courier-Leader & Paw Paw Flashes LaFayette Sun Saugatuck/Douglas Commercial Record Three Rivers Commercial-News, Penny Saver, & Sturgis Sentinel

Mike’s Musings: Who cares who has classified documents? Not I

Much ado about nothing, or so that’s what I would call the most recent hysteria about classified documents. As background for those not following the storyline, classified documents which President Biden was required to return to the federal government at the end of his vice-presidential term, were discovered in three locations- one being his personal Read More…

Clare County Review & Marion Press Columns

Pat’s Bits and Pieces: I’m not absent minded – it’s gremlins

It has been that kind of month.You know what I mean. The kind where you lose something and then find it right in front of you…I just spent about a half-hour looking for my phone, but then that happens nearly every day. Forgot to take it with me to the Dr.’s office today. Luckily everything Read More…

Clare County Review & Marion Press Columns

Sunday Football with the Gardener

We watch football together when the opportunity allows. In fact, we’ve viewed a lot of footfall in the same space through our many years together. We make odd viewing companions. He is, of course, a lifelong football fanatic, coming from a large family of like-minded folks. He grew up watching the Lions with his dad, Read More…