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Matt Urbanowicz: Even more decorated than Audie Murphy
by Barry Hastings He was bom in Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1919, while the wrap-up of World War I was being completed, and while U.S. Soldiers (Doughboys) of the day…
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Army Bob: Where is the media on Mr. Obama’s war?
by Robert M. Traxler Just where the heck are our friends in the media carping and harping on our invasion by land and air of Syria? When President Bush sent…
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Democracy Tree: ‘Trumpism’ disease infects the Michigan GOP
“He is projecting an image of hyper-masculinity, demeaning critics, brittle — brittleness in the face of criticism and the strongman idea that ‘trust me, I won’t be very specific, trust…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care
The late, great comedian George Carlin, during one of his best live stand-up routines about 10 years ago, made the observation, “Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” Carlin,…
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Ranger Rick: Our troubles can be traced to Chickenman times
Years ago, many years ago (50 years) a program on radio called “Chickenman” – the most fantastic crime fighter the world has ever known — came on every day on…
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Monday Moanin’: Adequacy study inadequate, but so is funding
by Jeff Salisbury Late in the Lame Duck legislative session of 2014, Democrats won what they thought was a major victory in getting the Republican-led legislature and Gov. Snyder to…
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Their ‘Finest Hours’: How the Coast Guard earns its pay
by Barry Hastings If you haven't read the book (or seen the movie) The Finest Hours, by Michael Touugias and Casey Sherman (Scribner paperback, 2015), run out and buy a…
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Army Bob: Down with the contrarians and secular progressives
Let’s talk about the contrarians and how gutless they are. A contrarian is a person who is against everything and for nothing. Contrarians hate our country but live here, they…
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Basura: Adventures in snorkeling, searching for manta rays
"Just to be here is so much." Rainer Maria Rilke, poet novelist On the Big Island of Hawai'i, in Kona, I signed up for a boat trip to snorkel with…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A heartwarming and true gridiron tale
CBS News and Scott Pelley not long ago did a heartwarming, perky and positive story about a mentally challenged high school football player who was deliberately given a chance to…