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One Small Voice: Romney is ‘the cheese stands alone’
by Lynn Mandaville “Today Mitt Romney is the cheese,” I said. “What?” my husband Dave asked me over the sound of the talking heads on the television. “Mitt Romney is…
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Barry Hastings: State of the Union told by pathological liar
by Barry Hastings The state of our union ... troubling (not to say shaky). Our President is a pathological liar. The Senate, sitting on some 400 bills sent them by the Houses of Representatives has bent…
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Ranger Rick: In praise of radio icon Rush Limbaugh
While at work in 1988, a friend said he just heard a person on the radio with a real conservative viewpoint. I laughed because was a recent convert to conservatism…
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Mark Wakeman: Memory of Kingston Trio is special
In November of 1958, when I was 11 years old, something happened that I was unaware of at the time, but would later prove to be a major factor in…
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Yes It’s True: We haven’t learned from history of ’60s
Some people often ask me what it was like to live on a college campus in the late 1960s during the student unrest period of American history. The following is…
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Guest Column: So let us promote the social welfare
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jon Seymour is a 2017 graduate of Wayland High School, a student at Grand Valley State University and an employee at Steelcase and McDonald's. He was student rep…
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One Small Voice: Hatred of Trump nothing personal
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the author's response to a suggestion in the comments section that she must get over her hatred of President Donald Trump: by Lynn Mandaville With…
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Basura: The Beach Doctor conquers sea urchin bites
“Help! I need somebody! Help, not just anybody. Won’t you please, please, help me?” — The Beatles, 1965 My uncle, a Korean War vet, asked me the other day if…
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Army Bob: Rep. Adam Schiff has become a media deity
by Robert M. Traxler In researching this column, I Googled Representative Adam Bennet Schiff, (D-Ca.) and got page after page of hero worship by the media; to sum up the…
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Barry Hastings: Why I’m voting for Mike Bloomberg
I plan to vote for Mike Bloomberg in the primary because- he's taking the fight to the madman. Every one of his public statements amounts to a direct assault on the record of…