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Army Bob: What will media do if Donald Trump is elected?
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s talk a bit of what ifs. Reuters reported that Donald Trump is ahead of Hillary Clinton in the electoral college; who knows if it is…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: My confession of betrayal and bullying
“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned…” This might be one of the most difficult columns I’ve ever penned because it’s a confession about my role in abusing, bullying and…
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Ranger Rick: Is Hillary Clinton healthy enough to be president?
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.…
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Basura: Torture issue enough to reject Trump’s candidacy
“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…
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Democracy Tree: Sending it back to Trump — Postage paid
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.…
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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…
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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? …
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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…
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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…
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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…