LSJ Blogs: John Schneider

All those wonderful toys …

Kids or no kids, Christmas morning isn’t Christmas morning without a toy or two under the tree.

Choice of speaker leaves MSU grad cold

Rachel Bogle is an engineering student who will graduate in December. She wrote to me to express her “utter disappointment” at the choice of the Dec. 10 commencement speaker — Roy Roberts, the Detroit Public Schools’ emergency financial manager.

 

Open invitation to families of troops …

A reminder: The Charlotte VFW Post 2406 will host a Christmas party for the families of all deployed GI’s on Dec. 3, beginning at noon.
There’s no cost; just RSVP at 543-0172 to let them know how many will be in your group.

 

Ho, hum … another honest stranger

I had to tell reader Leanne Zapala that her story wasn’t really news. But that’s a good thing.

We wish you a sloppy Christmas

In general, I dislike institutionalized “holiday” cards, especially ones that arrive before Thanksgiving. I must admit, however that the one I retrieved from my office mail box Monday — from Fenner Nature Center — gave me a chuckle.

‘Palace in the Poplar’

Poetry is not a word you  would automatically associate with deer camp. And, yet …there is a poem, of sorts, that captures the ambience   pretty well — much more so, anyway, than the farcical song, “Second Week of Deer Camp.”

Paterno’s immediate departure was the only option

Once the legendary Penn State football coach uttered the words, “I wish I had done more,” there was only one way for him to  go — away, as quickly as possible.

Not on MY street …

Inspired by my columns about the speed limit on Grand River Avenue, Greg Forbis, retired from the Lansing Police Department after 26 years, offered this insight into human nature …

Anti-bullying bill: a joke that isn’t funny

A statement by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan on the so-called anti-bullying bill passed last week by the State Senate:

No more anonymous poison-spewing on LSJ.com

In case you missed the boss’ column  Sunday, anonymous brick-throwing — and for that matter, applause — on the LSJ website will end Nov. 30.