DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, the amount and nature of the news you’re subjected to may have a direct relationship to the joy you find in your life. If you’re just one of the regular folks trying to enjoy each day, you might believe no news is good news. That’s because most news is bad news. So if ... Continue Reading
Planning • Smoothing • Closing • Cleaning • Feeding
Fail to plan… plan to fail. Have you heard that old saw? It’s pretty simple and probably needs no explanation. I’m sure we could all come up with examples of what happens when you fail to plan. Another good one is, “Ready, fire, aim!” It’s just another way to characterize the lack of planning. Well, you ... Continue Reading
Q & A with the Mayor of Marquette
WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN Marquette these days, it’s hard to keep track of the progress of different projects. Especially when they seem to change more than the weather. The first look often ends up being something entirely different than what the community was expecting. With that in mind, I reached out ... Continue Reading
Unsolicited Observations
Nobody asked, but… Yoopers Are you a Yooper? Am I a Yooper? Were you born here, or are you a transplant? There’s great disagreement about what constitutes being a true Yooper. Here’s my take… I don’t care, because I don’t like the term “Yooper” anyway. It rhymes with stupor which sounds like stupid which is what I ... Continue Reading
Where is the care?
IT'S NO GREAT STRETCH to suggest there’s a significant number of us wondering if the folks in Lansing and Washington D.C. are actually working to make life better for the folks they serve. I do believe most elected officials approach their office fully intending to honor their campaign promises, but somewhere ... Continue Reading






