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Pupil transportation bill clears Michigan House: MI Republicans may force local districts to pay for private, parochial and charter school busing (Posted on the Fix the mitten blog Sept. 24, 2016)…

By Barry Hastings I'm pleased to see Hillary Clinton getting some sound effort from a pretty good group (far more than Trump) "Flag" officers, retired and active. These are people…

The controversial former chair of the Michigan House Committee on Education, State Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R-86), bought a bill of goods in yet another Mylan EpiPen scam and brought…

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…

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.…

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…

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? …