Opinion
Energy rate increases are political
Letters to the Editor
EDITOR: The recent uproar over Michigan’s high electricity rates deserves real scrutiny, but not just of DTE or Consumers Energy. What’s driving our bills through the roof isn’t executive pay or lobbying. It’s a radical, top-down energy agenda being pushed by Lansing politicians and ...
Show some kindness
Letters to the Editor
EDITOR: Oh my! Jamie Larsen let the old man/woman out in her article, "It looks bloody stupid." You sound as though you are an older (+50) person. Did your mother never teach you the saying: If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all? Where is your respect for others? Where is ...
Independence Day 2025
Local columns
WASHINGTON — We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the President ...
Thanks for park project
Local columns
This week’s bouquets go to: From Miriam Smith: Congratulations to Karen Moore and her group of volunteers who worked so hard creating the beautiful rock gardens in Ludington Park. They are not only beautiful (and will continue to be more so as they grow) but educational as well. Adam and ...