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Opinion

The intercept

Local Columns

Calculating when fish will be where is as much a part of the angling process as threading a plastic on a hook, switching up the blade color on a spinner, or firing up the boat motor. For most of us, life limits the windows in which we can access our favorite waters, particularly during this ...

Potpourri

Local Columns

I was mesmerized by the movement of the grass. During one of my weekly shopping excursions, I pulled into the store’s parking lot and noticed a hillside of grass across the way. The wind was blowing the tall grass and it was moving so dramatically and beautifully. I sat there in my car and ...

Dangers from without and within

Community Voices

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? “Who will guard the guards themselves?” —Juvenal There are two things every citizen ought to remind themselves from time to time about intelligence services; that they are absolutely necessary in a dangerous world, and that they are hideously ...

Science is not religion

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Mr. Phil Drietz raises an interesting question in his letter dated May 17. Why isn’t intelligent design theory taught in schools instead of evolution? This question does have an answer, which I will get into later. First, let’s briefly examine what intelligent design ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

Henry M. Burchard, who passed away in 1898, started the building of the middle house at 305 West Redwood Street in Marshall. This home along with the homes on each side of it were torn down in the summer of 2012. The village of Burchard was named after Henry Burchard, who was a railroad land ...

Stand and Deliver sends a valuble message for 2023 graduation

Community Voices

I made it a point this past weekend to watch the 1980s movie “Stand and Deliver” in order to have some symbolism about the graduation process, the process of leaving school and venturing onward to new opportunities. In past years I’ve often watched the 1967 movie “The Graduate”. It ...