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Ranger Rick: Electric cars won’t replace gassers anytime soon
EDITOR'S NOTE: Rick is on sabbatical this week, but he asked his good friend Army Bob to pinch hit for this week's column: by Robert M. Traxler Electric cars are…
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The Subterranean: Flawed ‘Atomic Blond’ is all Charlize
(Review of Atomic Blonde, Currently in wide release ***1/2 out of five by Walter G. Tarrow Once again we are gifted the masochistic anti-hero(ine). Allegedly with us since the age of…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Elmer Peters’ brief extraordinary story
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column is reprinted from five years ago during Townbroadcast’s first year of existence: “I coulda been a contender,” Marlon Brando’s famous line from the movie “On…
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Army Bob: Unholy alliance formed between media, intelligence
by Robert M. Traxler The normally conservative folks who work in the intelligence agencies or who make a good living as pundits commenting on intelligence matters are currently allied with…
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Guest column: Local media sychophants for Betsy DeVos
by Jeff Smith Grand Rapids Institute for Information and Democracy (GRIID) It is well known that politicians, and often those deeply involved in partisan politics, are trained to deal with…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Where’s the hype about turning 150?
Perhaps it's way too early, or perhaps I've been out of the loop, but I have seen virtually no mention locally yet about the fact Wayland next year will observe…
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Ranger Rick: In defense of State Rep. Steven Johnson
The much ado about nothing the author of this website and others piling on Representative Steve Johnson is just that — much hot air, and not much substance (like most Democrats).…
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One Small Voice: Hurrah for Sen. John McCain’s last hurrah
In the early morning hours of July 28, as I watched Arizona Senator John McCain cast one of the three earth-shaking votes against the "skinny repeal" of the Trumpcare bill,…
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The Subterranean: ‘Feast for the eyes. Famine for the mind.’
(Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) Currently in wide release *** out of five stars by Walter G. Tarrow Valerian and the City of a Thousand…
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Basura: So is Donald Trump the ‘Macho Man’ he projects?
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire…