Sitemap - 2023 - Horton's Michigan Notebook

On matters of my health check-up, the upcoming election campaign & the Detroit Lions and Michigan football fortunes

A Child is Born

The Light of Hope

On Christmas Eve, 25 years ago, a poem told of a humble birth

'Civilisation' offers a history lesson of encouragement & warning

Santa Claus is coming to town...

The ‘Right to Vote’ still a cause in need of championing

President John F. Kennedy 60 Years after his Assassination

A Message of Thanksgiving

The role & conduct of public officials as 'representatives'

The Long Crossing

Fishing: A Lucky Afternoon

Opening Day of Pheasant Season was once a holiday of sorts in southern Michigan

A few thoughts on news coverage

He seems to have an opinion on everything

Our public discourse has become more sophistry & less Socratic

Thinking for Ourselves

Notes on Stoicism

Remembering my sister Carol Horton on what would have been her 71st birthday

A Seemingly Mundane Day, But Not So After all

The change from summer to fall

Emmett Till 'Still Remembered'

Book banning is back in fashion

A View from a Porch on Mackinac Island

A brief vacation at Grand Haven

Wheat season was a favorite of mine growing up

On the occasion of my 72nd birthday

Individual Liberty & Freedom of Conscience

And who is my neighbor?

Graduation & Alumni

'My Fair Lady' changes with the times

A Trio of Notes

50 years of Title IX celebrated

Join me on Notes

Remembering Sunday afternoons at Myers Lake

Tracing the Family History

Some history about immigration

The hopes & fears of future years

Beauty & Truth at a Final Destination

Freedom of the Press is Everybody's Freedom

Standing for Something--The Purpose & Role of Newspapers

Elissa Slotkin launches U.S. Senate Campaign

Remembering G. Mennen 'Soapy' Williams

The difference a day makes in the news

On a balmy day in Michigan

And pretend that he just doesn't see

Revised: Thinking of Martin Luther King

Thinking of Martin Luther King

Debbie Stabenow to leave U.S. Senate at end of current term

Preserving the Rural Character of the Community vs. Economic Development