It is interesting how people welcome this time of the year regardless of what faith or no faith followed. We stop to gather family and friends, employees and employers, to rest and shut out the hassle of the everyday rush. Even the weather seems to cooperate, and in our country’s cold and ...

We are heading into the holiday season. It is a bright time with festive tinsel and decoration of trees and houses. Even the stores have put on their best merchandising colors, deals, and offers to celebrate the season. Indeed, there is a bit of magic in the air. This year, however, has been ...

The human body is prone to all manner of maladies and morbidities. From a stubbed toe all the way to a heart attack, medical care is required for a plethora of conditions, illnesses, and injuries, resulting in a list of ailments that is (unfortunately) nearly endless. Most of the medical ...

Recently, my wife, Penny and I attended a very interesting discussion and exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum. The focus; the Motor City’s former Chinatown neighborhoods. The discussion portion of the afternoon featured Curtis Chin, author of “Everything Learned, I Learned in a ...

With the spirit of thanksgiving blowing across the landscape this week, pushed by a cold Canadian wind, I was reminded recently of something I have been truly thankful for over many years, though it’s not something I think about in detail too often. My recollections began when talking with ...

When Timothy O’Shea went to work for Edwin Hulbert at the Calumet Mine, on January 1, 1866, work at the Hecla mine, immediately to the south, had not started yet. But the Hecla paid its first dividend on December 15, 1869, nearly eight months before the Calumet mine paid its first dividend. ...