Category Archives: WHTC’s Morning News
It's Time to Vote ... for You
It's Election Day, in case you didn't know. There are three major ballot proposals before voters along the Lakeshore today. West Ottawa schools are asking for passage of a $98 million bond request, wh...
May 07, 2019
It's Tulip Time! ... em, yay
How do you explain the Tulip Time Festival to someone who doesn't know anything about it? As someone who came west to these shores more than 17 years ago, it's a pertinent question, for mention Hollan...
May 03, 2019
Will Information or Perception Rule the Ballot Box Next Tuesday?
I don't have much time today for this. Whenever Ed Ver Schure is not available to host "Talk of the Town," the onus for that falls upon me, so I have been absent from this blog for a week since he fel...
Apr 30, 2019
There is a Better Way
This isn't the way to do this. I wonder if you can see a common thread in these couple of stories: Sri Lanka blasts were revenge for New Zealand mosque killings: minister Florida man arrested for thre...
Apr 23, 2019
The Captain is Back as The General
The man the Detroit Red Wings really didn't want in 1983 is the man in demand in 2019. Mike Ilitch had purchased the NHL team the summer before (in 1982) from the Norris family, who had control of the...
Apr 19, 2019
No Dogs Allowed
"No Dogs Allowed!" That phrase brings out the image of Snoopy being tossed on his ear out of the beach, the library, the bus and other places in the 1972 animated Peanuts feature film "Snoopy, Come Ho...
Apr 18, 2019
While I Was Sleeping
Sometimes it doesn't pay to go to sleep. I had to shut things down early yesterday. The sinuses got the better of me, so I took some nighttime medication. That led to about 12 hours of sleep. So while...
Apr 17, 2019
Kindred Spirits
One thing that anyone who is successful in this business of disseminating information and commenting on such information must have is thick skin. The verbal (and sometimes literal) slings and arrows t...
Apr 16, 2019
Touched by Him
Two of America's more notable commentators over the past 25 years share more than an ability to convey a message through words effectively. Both Larry King, during his CNN days, and Mitch Albom, curre...
Apr 15, 2019
Some Thoughts to Leave You With for the Weekend
Some thoughts heading into the weekend: The latest controversy swirling around the Trump Administration is that the White House allegedly attempted, "to pressure US immigration authorities to release ...
Apr 12, 2019
