EDITOR: My husband, the late Paul Caswell, loved our community and was extremely interested in our city and county government, including serving on the planning commission. Several years ago, he met a young business owner by the name of Kelli VanGinhoven and told me how impressed he was with ...

EDITOR: Our founders had a quaint habit of setting things down in order of importance. When Thomas Jefferson wrote about unalienable rights he put life at the top of his list. Unlike Jefferson, abortion advocates always ignore the elephant in the room, which is the life in the womb. At the ...

EDITOR: In a recent television ad, Jack Bergman took credit for getting fiber optic lines installed in rural areas for Internet and cell phones, “Working for the people of the U.P. and Northern Michigan”. He voted against the bill that’s paying for this. In the same vein, he also voted ...

EDITOR: There are two elements of daily life we take for granted. That we are alive (life) and we live within a society of our making (governed by laws). Instances in which these two elements become intertwined can cause confusion. While science cannot be changed (gravity will always be ...

EDITOR: As I ride around Delta County just days before an election, I am dismayed at how few political yard signs I see. On streets where I one saw candidates for public office being visibly promoted during other election years, I now see empty lawns or a lone sign or two posted between the ...

EDITOR: In 1942, nearly a century ago, work was started on the Alaskan Highway. Cutting through the most dense, unforgiving wilderness on the planet. Before cell phones, computers, high-tech gadgetry, or computer-aided-design, the Army Corps of Engineers began cutting through forests that had ...