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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…
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Ranger Rick: Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we deceive
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…
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Monday Moanin’: Failing children, failing schools, failing values
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…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: We’re in danger of losing history, heritage
“Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most…
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Army Bob: Guest worker program best serves supply and demand
by Robert M. Traxler Is mass immigration a good thing? Is it shortsighted to not have a guest worker program? Are we playing politics with our long-term future? All difficult…