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Jessica Sieff: Something broken this way comes »
Back in May, I’d read an article in the New York Times about a psychological study being conducted at the Infant Cognition Center at Yale University.
The study was one of several being done which took a closer look at babies. In this case, the morality of babies. There is a debate between some psychologists and [...]
Editorial: Nothing impossible for high school playoffs »
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010
Congratulations to the Buchanan Bucks, who qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s football playoffs Friday night with a win over Berrien Springs.
The Bucks are the first of several schools that we cover that are expected to advance to post-season play.
In Michigan you need six victories to qualify for the post-season. [...]
State Rep. Sharon Tyler: Forgotten cash »
A recent change in the state’s unclaimed property law regarding dormancy periods should make residents take notice.
A child’s inactive savings account, a forgotten security deposit, a deceased grandmother’s unidentified safe deposit box. Each of these, and many other scenarios, creates unclaimed property. Formerly, the property would be declared abandoned and turned over to the state [...]
Editorial: Supreme Court will address picketing of soldiers’ funerals »
An epic First Amendment battle reaches the Supreme Court Oct. 6.
At issue is what the First Amendment protects.
The free speech of Fred Phelps, 80, founder of the hate-filled Westboro Baptist Church in Topeko, Kan.?
He and his followers flew more than 1,000 miles to picket a soldier’s funeral with signs like “Thank God for 9/11” and, [...]
Editorial: Now isn’t the time to add a police department »
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010
The Niles Township Board rejected a proposal for the second year to reinstate a township police department, a decision that makes sense given the apparent conflicting facts about funding and the service quality it could provide.
The proposal is actually aimed at saving the township money by switching coverage from the Berrien County [...]
The Rev. Dan Puckett: Who are those ‘other gods?’ »
In the list of the Ten Commandments listed in the Old Testament book of Exodus 20:1 clearly states, “You shall have no other gods before me.”
These commandments were given by Almighty God, the creator of the universe. All of us were created by God’s power and fashioned for His glory. The rules of relationship between [...]
Editorial: During tough times, some change is good »
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010
In these economic times perhaps we should look past the end of our noses when it comes to rejecting a project because it doesn’t fit what we believe to be part of our neighborhood or our community.
A perfect example is the proposed car shredder that the South Bend Common Council approved Monday [...]
Editorial: School fights should not be entertainment »
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010
It would be really hard for anyone not to be able to search back into the folds of their memory and pull out from the days of their youth, the instance of a fight in the pale colored hallways of their high school.
Usually those fights include a quickly gathering crowd of spectators [...]
Opinion: ‘Corruption on steroids’ »
It’s mind-boggling what went down in Bell, Calif., where authorities brought down what appears to be a criminal enterprise masquerading as municipal government.
The police chief avoided arrest, but stepped down after the Los Angles Times reported he earned $457,000.
Otherwise, the perp walk offered a who’s who of past and present administrations in a previously-unheard-of town [...]
John Eby: First it was the polar bear, now this… »
On the shelf behind me is a polar bear with a cub figurine, a gift from my own mother because she regards me as an alarmist about climate change.
As this woman sails into the sunset of her 70s, she continues to surprise me.
First, she got a cat.
Then I ran into the original Mama Grizzly at [...]