Leonard Simon Nimoy died Feb. 27, 2015 at the age of 83 at his home in the Bel Air Estates neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is survived by his wife Susan Linda Bay Nimoy. Nimoy was born on Mar. 31, 1931 in the West End of...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Checker Records contends for state’s best coffee shop
A list of Michigan’s top 10 coffee shops was released today, and Checker Records earned sixth place. Checker Records qualified for the competition after being named Jackson area’s best coffee shop in an online poll of MLive readers in February — beating out other local favorites like Hillsdale’s Jilly Beans and the Jackson Coffee Company in...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022News
Q & A with Karol Boudreaux
Karol Boudreaux is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University. She has led specialized research on land tenure and property rights, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa for USAID, and served on the Working Group on Property Rights of the U.N.’s Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Boudreaux is now in...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Local museum hosts Smithsonian exhibit: Hudson’s William G. Thompson House Museum and Gardens is one of five locations in Michigan showing ‘The Way We Worked’
The William G. Thompson House Museum and Gardens in Hudson is a Queen Anne-style home retaining all of its original features since being built more than 100 years ago, and it is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Until March 31, the museum will showcase a Smithsonian exhibit called “The Way We...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Catholics must be apostles first, partisans second
A vociferous media artificially interprets Pope Francis’ words, leading to confusion among so-called traditionalist Catholics. Against all evidence, they worry the pontiff will undermine their beloved non-negotiable doctrines. Often, however, these very culture warriors — like the progressives they oppose — fail to articulate church teaching. Those whose political identity largely hinges upon a rejection...