You're thinking, "I've done most of my holiday shopping, but something's missing." You know, that wow, that spark, that tangy zip of Miracle Whip, so to speak. Suffer no longer. I got your zip right here: Give that special someone on your list a copy each of "Come Heller High … [Read more...]
Happy anniversary to the one I annoy
The lovely yet formidable Marcia and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary recently. That sounds like a long time but it’s really only slightly more than three decades, which, when you think about it, is only a blip in time when compared to glaciers, the stars and, you know, … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Festivus to all, and to all a good time
Happy everything, people - Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus and anything else I've missed - from me and the Source Materials (otherwise known as my family.) May you have a wonderful time, whatever your reason for the season. And thank you for reading, for … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the “Can you believe the Democrats won something?” edition
Come Heller high water … Let's not get too excited, Dems. The narrow election of Doug Jones over Roy "Mall Rat" Moore in Alabama does not mean the party’s back. Far from it. Democrats still have no national message, still have no leadership, still have no money, still have … [Read more...]
Auchtoon Time: The future is now, unfortunately
Toon & text by John Auchter Credit where credit is due. The punchline came from a friend. We were talking over lunch trying to reconcile the events of the past week: The Republican/Trump tax bill, the Alabama Senate race, travel-ban decisions, North Korean missiles, the … [Read more...]
Surveyin da Situation: Welcome to winter, Yooper style
By John Matonich I don’t think we always realize just how big our state really is geographically. We cover some ground that is larger than most and only overshadowed by a few other states. I spent 35 years traveling back and forth from the downstate Davison area to my hometown … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the Dec. 6th edition
Come Heller high water … Love that Time magazine made the women who spoke up about the Weinsteins, Spaceys, Trumps, Frankens and Moores of the world their Persons of the Year. Fitting, too. Sexual harassment, like rape, is about power. And these women spoke truth to power, … [Read more...]
Auchtoon time: Time to hold all predators accountable, not just the worst ones
Toon & text by John Auchter Larry Nassar, the doctor who worked with various women's gymnastics programs including the Michigan State University team and USA Gymnastics, pleaded guilty this week to charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct with children under the age … [Read more...]
Michigan’s Line 5 agreement with Enbridge is just more can-kicking
There are, at minimum, three major red flags in Gov. Snyder’s announcement this week of a deal with Enbridge over its 64-year-old Line 5 oil and gas pipe running beneath the Straits of Mackinac. The first is that when government doesn’t want to do something about a problem (in … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Situation: Admit it, we all looked goofy in high school
By John Matonich One of the local papers I read regularly does a real nice job of reprinting articles from various years in our local history. It is fun to see pictures of folks I knew when they got engaged or went into the service. Recently, I was the recipient of one of the … [Read more...]
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