On the west coast of Michigan, the name ‘Batdorff? has long been a prominent name in the newspaper business. Austen Batdorff owned the Traverse City Record Eagle until selling it to Dow Jones, probably in the 1960s. The Big Rapids Pioneer Press and Manistee News Advocate were also part of the family chain. They still […]
Prior to my undergoing back surgery some years ago, a body scan was ordered by the surgeon. That meant lying down and being shoved into a tube. As the nurses started to insert me, I panicked. I have claustrophobia and no way was I going to allow them to engulf me in that machine. The […]
Prior to my undergoing back surgery some years ago, a body scan was ordered by the surgeon. That meant lying down and being shoved into a tube. As the nurses started to insert me, I panicked. I have claustrophobia and no way was I going to allow them to engulf me in that machine. The […]
According to Obama, McCain’s advisers are &#@*% lobbyists. According to McCain, Obama’s advisers are &%^$# lobbyists. Lobbyists are like &%$@# politicians pushing products and ideas for the sole purpose of getting reelected. In that way the two are alike. We can bad mouth both, and we can thank both. Lobbyists are the best informed people […]
Old farmer’s advice: Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. Good judgement comes from experience, and a lotta??? that comes from bad judgement. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. Every path has a few puddles. And every puddle has at least one little one jumping in it. […]
According to Obama, McCain’s advisers are &#@*% lobbyists. According to McCain, Obama’s advisers are &%^$# lobbyists. Lobbyists are like &%$@# politicians pushing products and ideas for the sole purpose of getting reelected. In that way the two are alike. We can bad mouth both, and we can thank both. Lobbyists are the best informed people […]
It’s not doom and gloom, it’s anger of politicians As person who sits down once a week to write a newspaper column, let me tell you it is very difficult this week to have positive thoughts. I’m facing a blank computer screen and all I think of are those incompetents in Washington, DC. On another […]
Baseball was my game in my growing-up years. As a freshman in Owosso High School I pitched three, 5-inning games for the Trojans, allowing a total of five runs, but lost two games. Next year, I was in Morrice High School where the coach-science teacher-librarian-counselor ‘knew? that a tall baseball player had to play first […]
As person who sits down once a week to write a newspaper column, let me tell you it is very difficult this week to have positive thoughts. I’m facing a blank computer screen and all I think of are those incompetents in Washington, DC. On another day, I’d include Lansing, since we’re in the fourth […]
Try the power of positive thinking for a little while ‘Act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic? is the motto and teaching of Dale Carnegie programs. This is most often used in reference to selling. Change it just a bit and it becomes a teaching of life: ‘Act and talk positive and you’ll become more positive.? […]