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Monday Moanin’: Skilled trades workers needed In Michigan

Just Google the phrase “construction worker shortage Michigan.” After decades of the “college for all” mantra, too many K-12 public schools have divested themselves of their vocational and traditional “shop”…

Editor February 28, 2016

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The Muck Starts Here: A mass murder comes closer to home

by Barry Hastings And won't it be interesting to learn about his motivation? Even more interesting will be learning the motivation of Jason Dalton's neighbors who, time after time that…

Editor February 28, 2016

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Democracy Tree: Schuette, Snyder and the games they play

As the effluence of Gov. Snyder’s carefully timed bolus of damning emails was discharged in bulk on the media last Friday, the political fallout went from bad to worse for…

Editor February 28, 2016

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Army Bob: Exaggerating history only encourages deniers

by Robert M. Traxler As a young child, the son of an American soldier stationed in post-World War II (1950s) Germany, I accompanied my father and sisters to Buchenwald, one…

Editor February 25, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Ritzes, Hudsons athletic royalty in Wayland

“You’d better watch out. You better not pout. You better not cry. I’m telling you why. Presley Hudson’s coming to town.” Indeed, Wayland’s best-ever female basketball player will be in…

Editor February 25, 2016

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Basura: The enduring living legacy of a cherry rocker

I remember the cherry rocker that was in our home. It had come to our house from my maternal grandmother. I recall that when I was in high school, Grandma…

Editor February 25, 2016

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Monday Moanin’: A couple of ideas for better early education

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Source: Reading Readiness Has To Do With The Body Reading Readiness has to do with the body By…

Editor February 21, 2016

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Barry Hastings: There was a pipeline from Calumet to Notre Dame

Once upon a time and far, far away, I was living in a place where jobs were hard to find, and, outside a few specific jobs, paid very little. For…

Editor February 21, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Sports, religion exploit bad emotions

“Jesus loves me, but he can’t stand you.” — The Austin Lounge Lizards People who wonder why American politics has gotten so mean and nasty should look no further than…

Editor February 20, 2016

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Army Bob: Is returning $100 billion to Iran a good idea?

Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that “some” of the more than 100 billion dollars in seized funds we gave back (plus generous interest) to the Islamic Republic of…

Editor February 18, 2016