Commentary

My Facebook page (friend me if you haven't already) lit up this morning with comments from riders who seem perfectly happy keeping their heads helmeted while riding. Governor Rick Snyder may have the opportunity to sign a bill that would repeal the state's helmet law for motorcyclists age 21 and older...

I’ve skinned many a knee  trying to jump aboard a moving band wagon (I have horrible depth perception).  Undaunted, I say it’s time for Rick Santorum to take his Etch-A-Sketch and go home. I never really swooned for Mr. Santorum (although I...

We've come a long way baby. I think. In 1952, Lucille Ball announced to the world (via her crazy, whacky TV personality Lucy Riccardo) that she was expecting. CBS would not let her use the word pregnant. Fast forward ... and I do mean fast ...

Rush Limbaugh thinks a young woman who uses birth control does so in order to act like a slut. Sandra Fluke, a third-year student at Georgetown University Law School, spoke before a Democratic hearing about birth control. This was not the faith-based hearing which only had testimony from clergy members, this was a Democratic hearing put together by Nancy Pelosi...

Iowa is in the pocket. Done. Kaput. Time to move on..... Are you ready for New Hampshire? South Carolina? Is the intrigue and drama more than you can stand? Sorry, tongue firmly in cheek while that was being said. So Rick Santorum brought out the big guns and powered his way into the top two spaces...

Will they pass the payroll tax cut? Won't they pass the payroll tax cut? At this point, I don't care. Honestly, I'm full. Filled to the brim with disgust at the inability of most legislatures to see beyond the end of their nose...or the end of their career, to be more accurate...

I missed it again. Every year the deadline looms and zooms by before I even notice. The Halloween candy hits the shelf right bout the same time the back-to-school stuff arrives in late July, early August. Then, within moments of leftover bags of candy and plastic pumpkins hitting the clearance shelves, the Christmas trees are in full bloom and the halls are decked with holly...

So I like "Dancing With The Stars." So what? It doesn't mean I'm unintelligent, it doesn't mean I'm not up on the latest news and political intrigue. It just means that sometimes, I don't want to have to think too hard. I get up in the morning and watch CNN and FOX and MSNBC and a bit of local news...

Fenton High School students will be shown a vivid presentation of the dangers of "chasing the dragon," a term used to describe the unrelenting hunger of drug addiction. "Chasing the Dragon" is the title for the presentation to be put on today at Fenton High School by Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell, Captain Swanson, and Genesee County Commissioner, Joe Graves...

I plan to watch the State of the Union address. I'm not sure why. I will be annoyed. There will be jumping up and down and applauding and not applauding moments that will be as predictable as snow in January, but I will watch. Maybe this time it will be different...