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Lou Liebetrau: Iowan offers delicious onion rolls recipe during visit »
It comes as no surprise that consumers have for quite some time made a conscious effort to eliminate sodium from their diets. This will be a monumental task for our food supply industry to take upon its shoulders, but when the consumers speaks, it behooves our suppliers to listen with both ears! The soup industry [...]
Read More »John Eby: Who knew that Geithner’s political hero was LBJ? »
I try to take things where I find them, but I didn’t expect to find the most interesting article I’ve read on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on page 466 of Vogue, the metropolitan phonebook-sized women’s fashion magazine.
I think of Vogue and I think of Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” and a character not [...]
Editorial: Birds are warning us to act immediately »
Monday, March 15, 2010
The 2010 U.S. State of the Birds Report is a powerful wake-up call.
It concludes we must all tackle the threats of a changing climate – not just for the birds but for our own good as well.
As Audubon President Dr. Frank Gill said from New York Thursday, “We must not tolerate the [...]
Carl Levin: We need credit to flow to Main Street »
Not long ago, I testified before a subcommittee of the Senate Banking Committee on a vital issue to Michigan: ensuring that small businesses have access to the credit they need. We need credit to flow to these Main Street businesses if we’re going to beat back unemployment.
Recent economic data suggest that, from a technical standpoint, [...]
The Rev. Dan Puckett: We are what we have been becoming »
Who or what we are today is a result of a process. Our lives are a series of attitudes, reactions and behaviors; some good, but some maybe not so good.
Society or culture is defined by certain lifestyles that have been and are developing. What if we evaluate our lives and do not like who we [...]
Doris Higgins: Help out at Red Bud Ministries »
In cooperation with the Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan, file will publish opportunities for volunteers each week. To find out about these or other volunteer opportunities, please call 983-0912 in the St. Joseph-Benton Harbor area, 683-5464 in the Niles area; visit our Web site at www.volunteerswmi.org; or e-mail us at volunteer@volunteerswmi.org for further information. To [...]
Read More »Editorial: Congrats, Brandywine girls »
Friday, March 12, 2010
Congratulations to the Brandywine Bobcats girls basketball team, who won their third regional title Thursday night over Bangor 59-44.
The No. 2-ranked Bobcats’ win was no surprise as they captured their first regional title since 2000.
It’s great to see a hometown team succeeding on the court. With so much tragic and negative news [...]
Jessica Sieff: In situations such as these, look beyond the surface »
In the opening pages of author and reporter Pete Hamill’s book “Downtown,” he recounted his experiences as a “newspaperman” in 1960s New York City. He mentions one particular story, a murder scene, in which he learned a valuable lesson from the paper’s photographer as they stood over the victim.
“Look at this guy’s socks,” the photographer [...]
Ed Feuler: Sapping our self-reliance »
Sometimes a snapshot tells an entire story.
Take one of the signs at last year’s tea party rally in Washington, “Grandma’s not shovel-ready.” That summed up the anti-ObamaCare, pro-smaller government movement in a single image.
Something similar happened recently when Sen. Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky who isn’t seeking re-election, temporarily held up a $10 billion [...]
Katie Johnson: No personalized can coolies for me »
The average price today of an American wedding rings in at a little more than $20,000.
Increase that to $40,000 if you live in a city like New York. I feel uncomfortable asking recently married couples how much they paid for their weddings, so I thought I would look it up.
I recognize that weddings are (supposedly) [...]