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Army Bob: Hillary Clinton seeks to divide, not unite us

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss a recent speech Secretary Hillary Clinton gave at fund-raiser in New York City to a group of rich donors headlined by Barbara Streisand. She…

Editor September 19, 2016

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Monday Moanin’: Winning and losing lawsuits and ballgames

Detroit students sue state, claiming constitutional right to literacy being violated DETROIT (WXYZ) - Is the opportunity to learn to read a constitutional right in the United States of America? …

Editor September 18, 2016

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Barry Hastings: Sea War! The Yanks vs. the Brits, 1812-1814

by Barry Hastings This war was a quarrel over seaman's rights and the right to free oceangoing trade. It occurred during a period when England's main adversary in a war…

Editor September 18, 2016

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Army Bob: Don’t buy guilt trip over Mexican-American War

by Robert M. Traxler The presidential election and the role of illegal immigrants, undocumented aliens, uninvited guests, felons — exactly how we refer to them makes little real difference except to…

Editor September 15, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Tales of Hoffman, an actual Irish-American

I hired Nick Hoffman, a University of Michigan graduate, as staff writer and police beat and court reporter for the Hastings Banner and Reminder in the mid-1990s. Nick stuck it…

Editor September 15, 2016

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Ranger Rick: Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we deceive

What are the polite ways of saying someone lied? Something including one or more of the following or they are described as: mis-spoke, incorrectly remembered, mis-remembered, misinterpretation, misstatement, prevarication, fairy…

Editor September 13, 2016

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Monday Moanin’: Failing children, failing schools, failing values

TEACHING CHILDREN TO FAIL "I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."– Thomas A. Edison How do we measure ‘good parenting?’ What yardstick do we use to…

Editor September 11, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: We’re in danger of losing history, heritage

“Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most…

Editor September 11, 2016

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Army Bob: Guest worker program best serves supply and demand

by Robert M. Traxler Is mass immigration a good thing? Is it shortsighted to not have a guest worker program? Are we playing politics with our long-term future? All difficult…

Editor September 8, 2016

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Democracy Tree: So Meijer has state legislators in the bag

by Amy Kerr Hardin Members of a Michigan-based political action committee thinks they have it in the bag with their timely $20K contribution to state lawmakers. It was recently disclosed…

Editor September 8, 2016