Rich Cains

2 months ago | leaderpub.com | Rich Cains

Published 7:42 am Saturday, February 1, 2025 To this day, I remember an older sister convincing me that people lived inside the moon. Of course, this was an earlier age of rocketry, moonwalks, posters on the bedroom wall and a huge arsenal of astronaut toys in my toybox. It was nearly 30 years earlier that Orson Welles had incited a panic by convincing his CBS Mercury Theatre radio audience that a Martian invasion was in progress.

Jan 11, 2025 | leaderpub.com | Rich Cains

Published 11:01 am Saturday, January 11, 2025 Heated debate and fierce emotions are often present when engaging in conversation regarding the business of our nation’s healthcare system. There is plenty of finger pointing as to the causes of skyrocketing insurance premiums as well as the cost of medical services provided.

Oct 24, 2024 | leaderpub.com | Rich Cains

Published 10:12 am Thursday, October 24, 2024 With the passing of our longtime columnist and sports editor, Scott Novak, there is an emptiness in locker rooms, media booths and along the sidelines in southwest Michigan this week.

Oct 12, 2024 | leaderpub.com | Rich Cains

Published 1:15 pm Saturday, October 12, 2024 The first time I voted in a national election was in 1984. I was 18 years old and felt a strong sense of pride in casting my first vote as an adult-ish American.

May 1, 2024 | leaderpub.com | Rich Cains

Published 3:01 pm Wednesday, May 1, 2024 If there is one thing I have learned over the past two years in my role as publisher of Leader Publications, it is Southwest Michigan residents have no shortage of political opinion. Between the emails, phone calls, “Frankly” and walk-ins to our new location at 25 N.