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Yes It’s True: Mary Martin was famous, but didn’t want to be
Mary Martin died Wednesday at the age of 69. Perhaps to most people she was a just a nice lady with spunk, but a couple and three decades ago she…
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Army Bob: Rebutting the Green New Deal platform, Part II
(Column number two on the Green New Deal, as outlined on the Green Party Platform posted on its website.) As with the first column, I will cite full sentences with…
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Basura: What is it that Trump has to hide with his taxes?
“There’s something happenin’ here. What it is ain’t exactly clear." — Buffalo Springfield, 1967 David Frum wrote an article for The Atlantic about President Trump’s efforts to shield his tax returns from…
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Ranger Rick: The real conspiracy is shown by the Democrats
Now that the investigation by Robert Mueller is over and it was determined there was no Russian "collusion" between the Trump campaign before or during the election, the Trump Derangement…
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Yes It’s True: I am allergic to celebrity journalism
"Eighty percent of life is just showing up." — Woody Allen The City of Wayland welcomed three political celebrities in 48 hours between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning. Yes, it…
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Army Bob: The Green New Deal plan needs rebuttal
by Robert M. Traxler Take a few minutes and read the Green New Deal. Our friends in the media have made the plan all things to all people, but read…
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Ranger Rick: Parents, not kids continue the rotting
When you get older, I think it is natural to think back from where you came from, where you in life's journey happened to make a turn or had an…
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One Small Voice: Don’t fall for anti-vax measles propaganda
by Lynn Mandaville A little girl comes home from school not feeling so well. Her mom puts her to bed and checks her temperature. It’s a little high, so mom…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Maybe Ford was right, ‘history is bunk’
During my somewhat less than stellar stint as a substitute teacher in eight school districts in Kent and Allegan counties between 2008 and 2012, I stumbled onto a book, "Lies…
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Army Bob: If you believe in climate change, prepare
If you believe in global climate change, why not prepare for what you are sure will happen? Let’s take a minute and discuss emergency preparedness. It is not a topic…