NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, since taking over a few years ago, has been relentless in his pursuit to clean up the NFL image. Which makes perfect sense, as the league was becoming more about … more

Word on the street, or Internet, is that funds repaid from the $750 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program, about $200 – $400 billion so far, will be used for a job creation bill. And what are … more

Growing up in metro Detroit and living there for much of my life, there were plenty of options available when I decided to turn on the radio. Whether it was top 40 music, adult contemporary, country, news, or sports talk, the Motor City offered plenty of choices for radio listeners. However, with my move to Northern Michigan in August 2007, there weren’t as many options on my radio dial. more

Editor, The Obama Administration is throwing many hundreds of billions of dollars at a multitude of programs, hoping for economic success. It appears the thrust of the policies encompass Rahm … more

Editor, I really don’t want to offend anybody since we need to be politically correct. But, I could not believe the recent letter in the 11-19-08 Independent titled “Stop the airplanes…Stop … more

No homework for the editor Editor, Looks like Tim Barnum didn't do his homework before he wrote his article about the Queen of England sitting around doing nothing. He also must not have seen … more

I was scared when I first heard Ryan Miller was going to be the United States’ goalie in the Olympics. more

So Samuel Wurzelbacher (Joe the plumber) is coming to Michigan on April 15 to address the Michigan Taxpayer Tea Party. Should be interesting and insightful as he shares his wealth of knowledge with … more

Think about it: how would you like a bunch of federal bureaucrats running your private business? We taxpayers are aware of the fact the government has been involved in “monkey business” for … more

WASHINGTON – Democratic Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously voted Thursday to retain U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) as chairman of the Subcommittee on … more