Dirk Wierenga: Amazon is going to take over the USPS (and you think I’m kidding…)
I think I’ll move to Greenland. Nothing bad can happen there, right?
Guest Opinion Submission
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Jude Vereyken: Song birds and your mental health
Did you know that listening to bird tunes is a simple, easy way to improve your mental health?
Richard Wolfe: Projects 1925, 1949, and 2025
Even though Project 2025 rarely makes the news these days, it still bears scrutiny as it represents a modern-day "Mein Kampf."
Barbara Mezeske: Sense or nonsense?
Common sense is “the ability to use good judgment in making decisions, and to live in a reasonable and safe way.”
Letters to the Editor: Ottawa County residents sound off
Local residents sound off on local, state and national issues.
Dale Wyngarden: Stand up and shout: 'Enough is enough'
Bill Huizenga probably is a person of integrity. There must be days he says to himself: “I’m between a rock and a hard place.”
Peter Everts: Huizenga prefers to live in virtual reality
It’s all about staying calm and cool amid chaos, isn’t it? And making sure you don’t have to face unruly people who are dazed, angry or just plain hurting. Don’t let the full force of their anguish enter in. It’s just too messy.
Doug Tjapkes: Capital punishment is too absolute
“The forfeiture of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process. It is tragic that, while the nations debate this problem, people continue to be executed.”
Mary Ellen Murphy: Me and my merit
After writing this column, I see that my merit is something no one can ever take away from me. So is yours. I guess it’s up to us to shout from the rooftops about our merit because a resume won’t do.