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The Subterranean: ‘Mother!’ is my wife’s worst nightmare
A review of Mother! **** 1/2 out of five stars Currently in theaters by Walter G. Tarrow My wife has made our home the heart and soul and be all…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A (sort of) eulogy for good guy Tom Hooker
"When you coming home, I don't know when, but we'll get together then... Gonna have a good time then." — Harry Chapin, "Cat's in the Cradle," 1974 The passing this week…
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Army Bob: Old media unraveling after Trump victory
“How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda” — Media Matters Quite frankly I am starting to worry; the Media Matters folks are now saying the Drudge Report and…
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Ranger Rick: Trump shows no-nonsense approach to U.N.
President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations Council last week. The deferential language, weak body language, the scraping and bowing are things of the past. President Obama was the appeaser…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Wayland, TK to leave O-K Conference?
I hear tell there are high-level discussions being conducted by Wayland and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg schools to leave the O-K Conference and join the Wolverine. Both Wayland and TK joined…
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The Subterranean: ‘It’ has more sound shock than jump scares
Review of It *** out of five stars Currently in wide theatrical release "It's easier for me to go into that (haunted) house then it is for me to go…
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Army Bob: The left is watering down meaning of ‘Nazi’
“Stephen Colbert Gives Trump Nazi Salute Over Charlottesville” — The Daily Beast The good folks on the left are screwing up by the numbers in cadence. As this column stated more than a…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Ancient gifts from aunt and older sister
I'm going to my Aunt Margie's 90th birthday party Saturday in Wyoming and I hope to honor a woman who 60 years ago taught me an important lesson I eventually…
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Ranger Rick: Will brain injuries eventually ruin football?
The NFL insignia means “National Football League” to many. To some, it means “Not For Long.” With more focus on the health of former and current players regarding their brain…
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GRIID: MLive again panders to the rich and powerful
by Jeff Smith Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy On Friday, an entity created by some of the members of the West MI Power Structure, Grand Action, announced that the…