Journalist Steven Roberts to speak at Western Michigan University about media’s role in 2012 presidential election

KALAMAZOO, MI Former New York Times researcher, White House correspondent and U.S. News & World Report senior writer Steven V. Roberts will speak Monday at Western Michigan University about the media’s role in the 2012 presidential election. Roberts, a George Washington University professor, has been working as a journalist for 45 years and has covered [...]

Mom Porn: Vegas business trip

In a thousand different ways, I am a lucky lady, despite the grief that I’ve known.  I’m healthy, have a great husband, beautiful son, there’s a roof over my head, food on my table, $ in my 401K, and I have a career that I love and am good at.  Lucky Freaking Lady. I got [...]

Kalamazoo College board approves 10-year master plan for campus that includes stadium lights

KALAMAZOO — The Kalamazoo College Board of Trustees has approved a 10-year master plan for the college. Completion of the plan, approved Friday by the Board of Trustees, brings the college a step closer to becoming the first entity classified by the city of Kalamazoo as an institutional campus zone. The designation will allow the [...]

One celebrity (and 1,099 others) killed by heart attack yesterday

Like nearly everyone else, I was surprised to hear that Davy Jones died of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 66. My mind instantly returned to childhood days happily watching reruns of The Monkees and the occasional Marsha-Brady-has-a-crush-on-Davy-Jones episode that was recreated in the Brady Bunch movie 25 years later.  I hadn’t paid [...]