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Yes It Is, It’s True: What happened to ‘Move Your Money?’
After the collapse of banks too big to fail and the horror of the Great Recession of 2008, my general opinion of banks plummeted. I noticed a couple of things,…
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Army Bob: It is Mrs. Clinton who represents rich and powerful
Do we actually want to get the money out of politics? A figure batted around is that Secretary Hillary Clinton will spend directly and indirectly in excess of two billion…
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Basura: A city slicker’s 1st ride, on a horse named ‘Threeway’
“The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.” Ronald Reagan I’ve been a city guy all my life, but on occasion, I have had…
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Ranger Rick: Eventually, the welfare parasite will kill its host
Think back to years ago in Wayland, if you are age 45 or older, to a time when you knew when to come home for dinner because you heard the…
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Monday Moanin’: Eight things to know about Michigan ACT scores
(Detroit Free Press) ACT scores are up slightly for Michigan students, according to national data released today. Now the SAT is part of the state high school exam. Michigan students will…
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Matt Urbanowicz: Even more decorated than Audie Murphy
by Barry Hastings He was bom in Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1919, while the wrap-up of World War I was being completed, and while U.S. Soldiers (Doughboys) of the day…
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Army Bob: Where is the media on Mr. Obama’s war?
by Robert M. Traxler Just where the heck are our friends in the media carping and harping on our invasion by land and air of Syria? When President Bush sent…
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Democracy Tree: ‘Trumpism’ disease infects the Michigan GOP
“He is projecting an image of hyper-masculinity, demeaning critics, brittle — brittleness in the face of criticism and the strongman idea that ‘trust me, I won’t be very specific, trust…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care
The late, great comedian George Carlin, during one of his best live stand-up routines about 10 years ago, made the observation, “Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” Carlin,…
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Ranger Rick: Our troubles can be traced to Chickenman times
Years ago, many years ago (50 years) a program on radio called “Chickenman” – the most fantastic crime fighter the world has ever known — came on every day on…