

Protecting the rivers
It's a chemical most have likely never heard of, glyphosate, other than as the weed killer Roundup. A white crystal that is odorless, it...
Nov 1, 2015


Cost of legislative franking
Should public schools require students to be vaccinated as a condition of attendance? Do you support legalizing marijuana? Should...
Oct 1, 2015


Municipal e-mail policies
One in six American workers say that e-mail is "very important" for doing their job, with about 78 percent of office workers in the...
Sep 1, 2015


Local tax free land
It has been said that nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes, but for some property owners in the Birmingham/Bloomfield...
Aug 1, 2015


Police force diversity
In the early morning hours of July 23, 1967, a group of about 80 black people were celebrating the return of soldiers from Vietnam at a...
Jul 1, 2015


Religious freedom fight
Freedom is an important and significant word. It's the basis for the first three articles of our Bill of Rights. According to the...
Jun 1, 2015


Nuclear drinking water threat
Plans by a Canadian power utility to bury nuclear waste along the eastern shore of Lake Huron has raised concerns about the possibility...
May 1, 2015


Boomers’ drug challenge
Arlene claims she wasn’t a typical teen of the ‘60s and ‘70s – mostly because in those days she was against doing drugs during the era of...
May 1, 2015


The kids are not all white
Each of us, at one time or another, has had to stop and ask who we are and what we stand for. It may occur during a period of...
Apr 1, 2015


Oakland's last farmers
Clark Cook wakes before the dawn every day and heads to the barn at his north Oakland County farm to milk more than four dozen cows. By 9...
Mar 1, 2015








