So there I was amongst all the real reporter types from ‘big? media places, government types, chamber of commerce folk, downtown development authority figures and the like. There were lots of suits, long coats, shiny shoes, high-fashion boots on the babes and me with a blue Oxford button up shirt, with the top button unbuttoned; […]
Now that I’m 40 I guess I look at things differently. * * * Last week I was reading about Oakland County’s Intermediate School District in a front page article by the Oakland Press. (For those not in the know, the ISD is under fire for financial manipulations — in particular using funds — around […]
‘Please sir, keep your negative views to yourself and move to a climate more suitable to your liking.? — David Belch * * * After I was shellacked for reporting on the trials and tribulations of shoveling snow this past December (I logged every step during my snow shoveling exploits for one day and found […]
“Honey, grab the shot gun, the kids, the dogs and let’s head for the hills. It’ll be safe there. They won’t be able find us. We’ll be safe — I hope. Oh, and I better unplug the TV.” “Be careful.” “I will. I promise. But if I don’t make it out of the living room […]
? . . . But grief is even more. It’s a teacher if we let it be, and a good one. We can actually learn a lot from the sadness that we feel sometimes, not when we’re in the middle of grief, but later with time when we feel a little less sad.? –Madeleine Miehls […]
Mere mortals, one and all. That’s us in the Great Lakes State. And as such, we can only wait and let nature complete its cycle. We are powerless against Jack Frost, Old Man Winter, et al. But, hope springs eternal in the hearts of Michiganians everywhere because we can dream. And in our dreams during […]
So, there I was driving to Oxford early Sunday afternoon. I figured I could get a few moments in at the office whilst no one else was about. I don’t know about you, but I find working during work hours hard to do. I have actually posted on my office door a sign that reads, […]
Kids — you gotta’ love ’em (especially when they are not yet three years old.) Kids about that age have a way of making you smile when you least expect it or when you need it the most. This of course, is a survival mechanism for homo sapiens. If they weren’t so darned cute, the […]
Since I was a young collegiate student-type of individual, the debate has raged in regards to the influences the media has on younger and more impressionable youths. “That kid drank 27 gallons of milk and died of Bovinetummyacheitis ’cause he saw it in a movie.” “No he didn’t. No one ever told him he could […]
By Don Rush Assistant Publisher In October of last year, Springfield Township resident Mark (Norman to his friends) Pardo was inspired into action. Actually he got mad, mad at a ‘stupid TV show.? As he watched Oprah Winfrey interview former Los Angeles homicide detective Mark Fuhrman, Pardo knew he had to make his move and […]