Mike Matson

The assignment in Evelyn Sloan’s ninth grade English class at Pleasant Valley Junior High was to find a magazine in the library, adopt it...

This column was published September 18, 2025 in the Manhattan Mercury . The beginning of this football season has me questioning my...

When astronaut Jim Lovell died recently, I traveled back in time. In July of 1969, while friends and neighbors throughout the ‘hood were...