Columns – Page 111

Ranger Rick: Don’t go to college unless you can afford to

The quest for college is a frantic round of SATs taken by high school students to score high enough to enter the college of their choice. Applications, statements from parents…

Editor September 24, 2019

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Integrated Man: Kids being kids, growing up in Albion, MI

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of columns by John Face of Albion, who has spent a lifetime of living and going to work and school with…

Editor September 22, 2019

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Yes It’s True: Martin should make Onion King fest annual event

The community and school in Martin celebrated a fascinating piece of history Friday night with homecoming, a football game and a tribute to an unusual mascot. Though known today as…

Editor September 22, 2019

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Army Bob: For Dem candidates, it’s symbolism over substance

by Robert M. Traxler Is symbolism more important than substance? During the latest curtain call for Democratic candidates for President in Houston, it sure looked that way. To say they…

Editor September 19, 2019

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Ranger Rick: The Democrats’ primary circus back on the tube

It is again the time for selecting another opposition candidate through the primary system of winnowing out potential candidates. There are various methods of doing this depending on the state. …

Editor September 17, 2019

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One Small Voice: Maybe we’re all going there in a handbasket

In the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, northern New Jersey, where I grew up, was peppered with 14 Nike missile sites, one of which was…

Editor September 17, 2019

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Yes It’s True: I didn’t pay attention, connect the dots for Martin

“Pay attention… connect the dots.” — Rules I have lived by as a community journalist. Your Honor, I hereby plead guilty with great embarrassment to failing to live by the…

Editor September 15, 2019

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Introducing John Face, columnist about growing up integrated

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a series of columns by John Face of Albion, a white guy who is a lifelong resident of a mixed race community.…

Editor September 14, 2019

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Yes It’s True: We’ll remember, but will we learn 9/11 lessons?

Was it just me, or was the publicity about the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks even more pronounced than in past years? Though recognition of the…

Editor September 14, 2019

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Army Bob: Frisco Board of Supervisors’ move simply wacky

by Robert M. Traxler The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution calling many of you terrorists; certainly Ranger Rick and I would be near the top of…

Editor September 12, 2019