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This is Barry Hastings signing off. It’s his swan song

October 23, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: Barry Hastings has been writing this column for Townbroadcast for about two years, but he has to give it up for economic and health reasons. No, he wasn't chased off by Ranger Rick, Free Market Man or Army Bob. But he said he has enjoyed making friends and...

Democracy Tree: Something is wrong with Trump women

October 21, 2016

by Amy Kerr Hardin Why would any woman support this boorish creep? Several months ago, I had the unique experience of my step-mom agreeing with me on a critical political issue. Married to my ultra-conservative father, who came to his political convictions at the intersection of his retirement and the birth...

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Army Bob: Trump has a better idea about North Korea

October 20, 2016

A peace treaty is a formal arrangement to end war permanently. An armistice is just a temporary cessation of armed conflict. Usually, an armistice is the first step taken toward a peace treaty. Let’s talk about the United Nations’ role in the Korean War and the fact that war is...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr Twp. political circus is back

October 20, 2016

The political tempest that was so rampant in Dorr Township a few year ago appears to have been reignited this week by one its protaganists. Trustee John Tuinstra has been circulating by mail not only a pamphlet promoting his Nov. 8 general election candidacy, but also assertions attacking fellow Trustees...

Ranger Rick: Trump’s accusers Democratic smoke and mirrors

October 18, 2016

As soon as Anderson Cooper asked Donald Trump a second time, “For the record, are you saying that what you said on the bus 11 years ago, that you did not kiss women without consent or grope women?” Instantly, my antenna went up, and what political junkie wouldn’t have the...

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Army Bob: Woe be unto those who challenge the hateful left

October 17, 2016

The Police are all violent racists The military are a bunch of imperialist baby killers All who work on Wall Street are evil Religion is an opiate for the masses Science disagreement is science denying The great unwashed masses must be told what is good for them Americans are racist,...

Monday Moanin’: Education and training important for any job path

October 16, 2016

By Jim Tisdel, director of Corporate and Community Education, North Central Michigan College There are more than 4,450 jobs available here in northwest Michigan that are going unfilled, according to Labor Insight-Burning Glass. No, they are not all low-paying jobs, but they are jobs in which employers are looking for some...

Barry Hastings: Collapsing GOP moving quickly to dump Trump

October 16, 2016

by Barry Hastings By Wednesday morning (less than a week ago) pollsters were reporting fully 25% of Republican office-holders around the nation have dumped Donald Trump into their personal, "Not fit to hold the presidency," barrel. There are so many factors playing into this (almost) unprecedented turn of events, all...

Yes It Is, It’s True: I really don’t think ‘they’ want us to vote

October 15, 2016

I drop in every Wednesday afternoon at the venerable Then & Now historical library in Dorr, and in my more than four years of research, the most astonishing changes in public life over the years have been in elections, in participation in community affairs and in the explosion of girls...

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Army Bob: WikiLeaks reveals cozy relations between DNC, press

October 13, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler I have spent the last nine hours reading the WikiLeaks e-mails hacked illegally from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Most are boring and hardly worth the time to read them. That said, a few shine the light of day on the media being an extension of...

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