Kalamazoo keeps climbing
For weeks, we at Between The Lines had planned to run an article updating our readers on all of the great things happening in Kalamazoo and all of West [...]
Cocktail Chatter: A Yankee Sazerac
By Ed Sikov "This is like 'Jezebel,'" I snarled as I leafed through the cocktail books. Some were mine, but most came with the house, which was built by the [...]
Holland fights hate
The gay community is used to being bombarded by negativity by anti-gay organizations and individuals. From Westboro Baptist Church to the American Family [...]
Brutal stabbing in Battle Creek could be hate crime
by BTL Staff BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – A brutal stabbing in Battle Creek last week could be a hate crime, Battle Creek police officials said. According to a [...]
McCain: Against filibuster of Defense Bill before he was for it
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was quoted in Congressional Quarterly Aug. 5 as saying "I do not plan to filibuster" the National Defense [...]
Scene Check: Adam's Apple
1. Ted, Tim, Brian, Mike, Jim and Larry 2. Diana, Jeff, Jeff and Mark 3. Alfredo, Jenn and Jeff 4. Jerry and David [...]
Prop. 8 overturned!
By Lisa Keen U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that California's ballot measure banning same-sex marriage violates the federal [...]
Vote or die - or at least lose support
Vote or die! This 2004 slogan popularized by celebrities like P Diddy clad in bold T-shirts sporting the slogan may be a little abrasive for some. But there's [...]
Covey for county commissioner
Voters in Hazel Park and Royal Oak have an excellent opportunity to elect a new county commissioner from our area. If Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey is successful [...]
Cocktail Chatter: Snobs invent Fire Island Iced Tea
by Ed Sikov Six of us were lined up in beach chairs judging the gym rats on parade at the water's edge. "Why does that guy have 'Bondi' printed on his ass?" I [...]
