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Barry Hastings: Two Congressional Medal of Honor winners
By Barry Hastings Over a period of some time, I've been trying to collect material related to the deeds of 36 Michigan soldiers who won the Medal of Honor…
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Army Bob: About gender reassignment and the military
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was asked if the military will pay for sex change operations deemed “medically necessary,” now that transgender folks will be allowed to enlist in the…
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Basura: Detroit provided us with good role models in sports
“Why has (sport) become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us? It seems clear to me that a primary attraction of the sport is the opportunity it gives…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Wicked media gives people what they want
“When airplanes take off and land safely, it’s not news… It’s when they crash.” — David T. Young The media in these modern times has been taking a lot of…
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Ranger Rick: We in America have strayed too far from God
Not being a particular outwardly religious person, inside, I am blessed with my love of Jesus Christ and consider myself a Christian. I see the decline of people describing themselves…
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Monday Moanin’: Why is early education workers’ pay so low?
(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ If early-childhood education is so critical why do we pay workers so little? Nearly half the…
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The Muck Starts Here: Barry sheriff ducks debate
by Barry Hastings Claiming a woman from, "the Jordan camp," had threatened his family," at a meet-the-candidate affair a week or so ago, controversial Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf now…
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Basura: What about ‘with liberty and justice for all?’
“If we take an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, we end up a nation of blind, toothless people.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: My unpleasant history with United Way
So many confessions I have made, ‘cause truth got in the way. (With apologies to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins — “Both Sides Now”) I’ve had an unpleasant history with…
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Army Bob: Lynch-Clinton meeting explanations suspicious
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s talk about Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s meeting with former President Bill Clinton. According to the media it was a chance meeting at a private portion…