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Presidential politics have certainly been unconventional this year, to put it mildly. The recent half hour presentation where both candidates answered questions about being commander in chief was most telling.…

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”  —  G.K. Chesterton The United States has long…

by Amy Kerr Hardin Wednesday’s mail revealed a large envelope with a stars and stripes stamp affixed in the upper right, addressed to me from none other than Donald J.…

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? …

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…

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…

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…

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…