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Barry Hastings: Manifest Destiny 18 months later, an appraisal

by Barry Hastings Results of our (ever-so-slowly-ending) business in Afghanistan, and badly-ended fool's errand in Iraq, are not going to be pretty — not even cosmetically tolerable. We took action…

Editor July 31, 2016

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Basura: As a Vietnam vet, I highly recommend visiting VA

I just got back from my annual physical with the VA. I go the Wyoming Health Care Center, in Wyoming, Mich., a suburb of Grand Rapids. It happens to be…

Editor July 29, 2016

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Army Bob: Media is a huge part of the problem of terrorism

"If it bleeds it leads." A pattern is emerging after terrorist attacks in the United States and indeed worldwide. The media covers the attack and is enthralled with the attack…

Editor July 28, 2016

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Ranger Rick: Mrs. Clinton worse than Obama (if that’s possible)

It must be hard to be a committed Democrat Party supporter nowadays, having a president who hates his own country. Then there’s the presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, an ineffective and…

Editor July 26, 2016

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Monday Moanin’: A roundup on public education issues

by Jeff Salisbury Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to issue advisory opinion on aid to private schools (Fix the mitten blog) After signing the bill, Snyder asked the Michigan Supreme Court to…

Editor July 24, 2016

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Barry Hastings: GOP sequestration is behind military decline

by Barry Hastings It's all well and good the President has killed some 3100 ISIL, al-Quaeda, Boko Haram, and other terrorist leaders by hounding them from above with manned aircraft…

Editor July 24, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Plagiarism is as American as apple pie

Plagiarism: “The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.” There has been considerable discussion this week about plagiarism in the wake of…

Editor July 22, 2016

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Basura: The Ogres and the use of Japanese bamboo bats

I just got back from North Carolina and my plane's in-flight magazine had a little article on wood bats. Some guy, Joe Marucci, had a kid who wanted a wood…

Editor July 22, 2016

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Democracy Tree: Here’s how to follow the Michigan GOP money

by Amy Kerr Hardin There’s a new easy-to-use tool now available to follow the money in Michigan politics: “Right now, it can be difficult for a member of the public…

Editor July 22, 2016

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Army Bob: Why do we see home-grown Islamic terrorists?

by Robert M. Traxler Home-grown terrorists are a new threat to our nation; perhaps it is a good idea to ask ourselves why now and never before in our long…

Editor July 21, 2016