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Yes It Is, It’s True: My unpleasant history with United Way

July 7, 2016

So many confessions I have made, ‘cause truth got in the way. (With apologies to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins — “Both Sides Now”) I’ve had an unpleasant history with the United Way in my somewhat checkered career in community journalism. I thought about that earlier this week when I...

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Army Bob: Lynch-Clinton meeting explanations suspicious

July 7, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s talk about Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s meeting with former President Bill Clinton. According to the media it was a chance meeting at a private portion of an airfield in a private jet; if a public official wished to have “plausible deniability” this would be a...

FBI Director Comey, a hero or villain in e-mail issue?

July 7, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bob Moras who went to Wayland High School in the Class of 1966 until he moved to Alpena in 1964, has penned this column about the latest developments in Hillary Clinton's e-mails saga. What a crazy week it was for Hillary and Bill Clinton. Bill gets on a...

Democracy Tree: GOP dept. of skullduggery alive and well

July 6, 2016

by Amy Kerr Hardin “The disastrous Citizens United decision opened up the floodgates for dark money groups to spend on politics. But there are still some limits to the amount of spending and secrecy these groups are permitted—and too many brazenly ignore these modest limits.” — Noah Bookbinder, Executive Director of Citizens...

Ranger Rick: Another scandal added to Clintons’ long list

July 5, 2016

When will we wake up? With former President Bill Clinton and current U.S. Attorney General, Loretta Lynch meeting in a Lynch’s private aircraft, with orders for no audio, no photos and no media allowed, and Mrs. Clinton being investigated for lying about her handling of confidential military and government communications...

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Monday Moanin’: Too much at stake to not ‘Get On Board’

July 3, 2016

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Four open positions for next school board election The Wayland Union Schools Board of Education will have four open seats in the next election, all four-year terms. Interested candidates must file at the Allegan County Clerk’s...

The Muck Starts Here: Hillary, Elizabeth are rockin’ the vote

July 3, 2016

by Barry Hastings I hate to start on Trump. He's a downer. The lines of BS, disinformation, misinformation, and spin he weaves make me sick. And even sicker when I think of how many Americans have no real ability to discern truth when it becomes obvious. They easily fall victim...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Please don’t take me out to the ballgame

July 3, 2016

Contrary to the advertisement broadcast during Detroit Tigers’ telecasts, it’s not my bank and it’s not my ballpark. I’ve never been inside Comerica Park. I’ve never been inside Ford Field. And I resent it when professional sports teams’ marketing campaigns suggest erroneously that they are my teams, as in “Your...

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Army Bob: Does ‘Shut Trump Up’ respect free speech?

June 30, 2016

One more classic example of the intolerance of our friends on the left side of the political debate is the violence at Donald Trump for President rallies. The left feels it is not only acceptable to use violence to silence your opponents, but noble. In reply to this column the...

Basura: I’m hearing a lot about Trump. It’s not good

June 29, 2016

In 1952, when Adlai Stevenson was running against Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency, he was told that well-educated, intelligent Americans would vote for him. Stevenson replied, “That’s not enough. I need a majority.” I’m hearing a lot of things about Donald Trump. I’m just saying. Lots of people are talking....

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