Leader Columnists

Time to control the decline in athletic participation

Each year, the Michigan High School Athletic Association provides participation figures from the previous year. For the past ...

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Newspapers have changed; importance has not

When Gov. Rick Snyder recently declared July was Community Paper Month in Michigan, he chose a powerful quote ...

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Pro sports are not as good as they used to be

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they face the reality of getting old. That ship sailed ...

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Independence Day might be the Rodney Dangerfield of holidays

In fact, the Fourth of July is like the famous comedian Rodney Dangerfield when it comes to holidays. ...

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Protecting our ‘white gold’

At my house there currently is a resource more valuable than gold, money or time. It’s called breast ...

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Contribute to the Daily News

While the staff with the paper is always striving to deliver the best stories possible, a lot of ...

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Who do you think is ‘Best of the Best?’

Just as America was built on the fundamental principle of democracy, so too is Leader Publication’s effort to ...

Columns

Recharging and looking ahead to August

It’s that awkward time of year between high school sports seasons. But this is the time I like ...

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Community steps up

While it may hardly be news to many, the generosity of the Dowagiac community never ceases to impress. ...

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Niles-Buchanan Rotary embodies motto of ‘Service Above Self’

For more than five decades the Niles-Buchanan Rotary Club has helped guide some of the areas brightest students ...

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Summer for kids

Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing an adult man pretend, just for a brief instance, ...

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Maybe there is a young adult in all of us

Everyone knows that you should never judge a book by its cover, but you also shouldn’t judge it ...

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Businesses have to do more than open doors

The 1989 film “Field of Dreams” took the phrase, “If you build it, he will come,” and etched ...

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Faith and real estate

So my wife and I are selling our house. Although we have been thinking about it for more ...

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Exciting to see growth in Dowagiac

The weather is starting to heat up, and so is the buzz around town. Over the last few ...

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Bella’s Journey: The story of a courageous 7 year old

Even just glancing at the two-word headline of the story in my inbox — Bella’s Journey — it ...

Columns

Subtle differences add up to have huge impact

After years of traveling and having lived in several states, it has always been interesting to me how ...

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‘Explore Michiana’ through the lens

If a picture is truly worth a thousand words then Leader Publications wants to have a long conversation ...

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My version of a commencement speech

It may sound cliché, but sometimes the shortest walk actually turns into the biggest step. So it was ...

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Do we ‘walk the walk’ on shopping local?

Shop local. Shop local. Shop local. It is a common mantra that we hear each year — especially ...

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Reasons for love of ‘home’ as diverse as communities themselves

Southwest Michigan and northern Indiana may be world renowned for their abundant natural resources, but the asset that ...

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Reasons for love of ‘home’ as diverse as communities themselves

Southwest Michigan and northern Indiana may be world renowned for their abundant natural resources, but the asset that ...

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Newspaper building should be ‘leader’ in downtown restoration

Nostalgia can be the proverbial double-edged sword. It is important that we don’t get bogged down with a ...

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Election coverage must be fair, balanced

In today’s world it seems like the election cycle is pretty much non-stop — just like the cable ...

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Winners not always dictated by the scoreboard

For me, the most compelling part of sports is always what occurs outside the lines: The human-interest storylines ...

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