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"... have sports become so big, so all-important, that our priorities have become skewed?" Curt MacRae says in his latest column.

Opinion column from Coldwater's Curt MacRae

Viewpoints from Curt MacRae

OPINION Curt MacRae It is your choice, but your choice is affecting the rest of us. And beyond that, your choice is impacting the economy, and how people live… and die. COVID/19 is spreading. New Covid-19 variants, combined with vaccine reluctance have spurred large increases in U.S. case numbers, hospitalizations, and deaths. That sounds like a news report from April/2020. But make no mistake – we are in the third quarter of 2021, at the supposed-end of a pandemic that has killed 611,000 Americans and four million+ world-wide. The pandemic has crippled economies and altered lives in myri...

OPINION The Daily Reporter By Curt MacRae As Congress wrestles over whether sending you $1,400 will add too much to our national debt, maybe they should take another look at the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was rolled out as part of the CARES Act in early-2020. PPP was created to help struggling small businesses impacted by coronavirus slowdowns and shutdowns. To qualify for the taxpayer-funded relief, businesses were required to self-certify, in good-faith, that "current economic uncertainty makes this loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Applicant." Ap...