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Monday Moanin’: Repeat 3rd grade bill undermines teachers

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Public School Educators (active and retired) & Parents & Grandparents... HOUSE BILL 4822 WOULD REQUIRE READING-DELAYED…

Editor March 13, 2016

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Basura: The biting ruination of a U.S. Marine’s tatoo

Guy had a new tattoo. It was only three days old, and it wasn’t fully healed yet. He wore a bandage on his left forearm a couple days, but he…

Editor March 13, 2016

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The Muck Starts Here: Local broadcast news part of problem

by Barry Hastings There's nothing like a tragedy (or a disaster) to bring out the shallowness of local television broadcast news. They repeat the remarks of local officials, witnesses, kibitzers,…

Editor March 13, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: U.S. 2-party system is in deep doo-doo

There have been many interpretations and observations offered for Bernie Sanders’ huge upset victory in the Michigan presidential primary March 8. I might as well offer mine. Jimmy Carter was…

Editor March 12, 2016

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Democracy Tree: Why pollsters were dead wrong on Michigan

Source: AP, via Washington Post by Amy Kerr Hardin Political pollsters, pundits, and prognosticators, including the exalted wizards at Five-Thirty-Eight, truly screwed the pooch by calling the Michigan Democratic…

Editor March 11, 2016

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Army Bob: Texting actually may temporarily save written word

Our family Christmas was probably typical of most around our nation — the older folks talking, the young one texting, heads bowed, eyes fixed on a hand-held communications device. Those…

Editor March 11, 2016

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Ranger Rick: This Cruz supporter will vote for Trump if necessary

The media’s fascination with Donald Trump’s rise in the Republican political scene during the primaries is a joke. They are baffled about why Trump is so popular. The media is…

Editor March 8, 2016

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Monday Moanin’: None allowed in March in Gulf shores

From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ End of week one of four overlooking the Gulf of Mexico finds me with nothing much…

Editor March 6, 2016

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Democracy Tree: GOP senators back religious coercion on voting

by Amy Kerr Hardin If five Michigan GOP senators have their way, religious leaders will be legally permitted to threaten voters with excommunication, dismissal, or expulsion from their church if…

Editor March 6, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Bowling has exploded onto local sports scene

High school athletic arenas nowadays include overlooked and underreported “orphan sports,” meaning just about anything other than football or basketball. Though Wayland has a solid tradition in softball, sports such…

Editor March 6, 2016