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Yes It Is, It’s True: The road to Hell is paved with…
Candidate forums are the most well meaning, but least informative public exercises I can think of. It is rare indeed when I have come away from these meet and greet,…
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Basura: Memories of Carl and a trip to the WWII Memorial
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.” — Emily Dickinson (Note: the events described happened seven years ago. Carl is no longer with us, but he’s…
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Ranger Rick: Don’t get sucked in by ‘global warming’ hoax
“The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are becoming scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department…
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Monday Moanin’: School funding still down after recession
Nearly a decade after the recession, school funding in many states hasn’t recovered (From Michigan Radio’s ‘State of Opportunity’) Nearly 10 years after the recession, school funding is still way…
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This is Barry Hastings signing off. It’s his swan song
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…
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Democracy Tree: Something is wrong with Trump women
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.…
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Army Bob: Trump has a better idea about North Korea
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…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr Twp. political circus is back
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…
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Ranger Rick: Trump’s accusers Democratic smoke and mirrors
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…
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Army Bob: Woe be unto those who challenge the hateful left
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…