The U.S. Supreme Court is going to hear arguments on President Obama’s health care reform this month. The question at hand will be whether Congress exceeded its authority in requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance. Supporters of the health care reform are taking comfort in the fact th
04.2.2012| Perspectives, Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsOne thing that Rush Limbaugh doesn’t have a lot of these days is defenders. Even Republicans have turned against him for calling Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” because of her testimony before Congress supporting the requirement that employer prov
03.18.2012| Perspectives, Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsTwo more American soldiers are dead today because somebody thought that burning copies of the Quran in Afghanistan, a Muslim country, was the most intelligent response to finding “extremist inscriptions” on them. That brings the number of Americans killed since the incident to six. Let’s tr
03.2.2012| Perspectives, Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsPresident Obama has signed legislation extending emergency unemployment benefits through the rest of the year. For those who are uncomfortable with the idea of giving money to people who aren’t employed, perhaps the following will be of some assistance. It is not an outburst of emotion to say t
02.24.2012| Featured, Perspectives | jackquirk
No CommentsWest Michigan business leaders met with presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday evening and complained about unions and the requirement that workers be paid prevailing wages on public works. The problem, of course, is that unions get in the way of businesses dictating the terms of employer-empl
02.16.2012| Quirk's Perspective | jackquirk
No CommentsThat's right, the lovable losers, the Detroit Lions will be in the picture come Super Bowl sunday. You might think this is just over-hyping the Lions this year, along with everybody else. Seriously, it's the Lions, the first team ever to go 0-16. The team that never seems to disappoint when
08.10.2011| Perspectives | Nathan Allen Palcowski
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I am writing today because I have sit back and watched our community grapple with the issues of violence and gun violence; the shootings and killings that are becoming common place in our town. This is not us, collectively as a community we espouse to be a better community of loving, caring folks. W
07.22.2011| Perspectives | Paul Mayhue
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Cheer leading has its roots going back into ancient times at the Olympic Games in the Roman Coliseum, according Cheeramerica.com. Cheer leading got its big lift off in the 1880’s at a Princeton Tigers football game. The cheer leaders weren’t as beautiful or well choreographed as they are today
07.20.2011| Featured, Perspectives | Nathan Allen Palcowski
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