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Basura: My father was an aquatic life saver no fewer than 3 times
I saw my dad save three people from drowning. One of these occurred at Sterling State Park in southern Michigan on the shore of Lake Erie. It was not a…
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Ranger Rick: Donald Trump appears to be the real deal
Donald Trump — Is he for real? Sure looks like it. When you consider the opposition is a communist/socialist old man (Bernie Sanders), a nobody (Martin O’Malley) and a sexual…
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Democracy Tree: How Gov. Snyder pitted city vs. city in water wars
by Amy Kerr Hardin The uncertainty created under Gov. Snyder’s emergency manager model of governance fostered dangerous fear-based public policy decisions — Michigan municipalities were pitted one against another —…
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Barry Hastings: This means war between the ‘rabble’ and the GOP
By Barry Hastings Several months ago, in a piece written for this column (The ticking time-bomb), I said, "I think this guy (Trump) just might be the fatal blow to…
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Monday Moanin’: Too much slack in my JC Penney slacks
By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ If you follow me on Facebook you probably already know this, but I’ve been on a quest to lose some weight. A lot of weight. Since…
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Democracy Tree: Michigan’s No. 1 budget priority should be Flint
While politicians, pundits, candidates, and the media yammer on and on about how best to help Flint, and who may or may not be doing enough — now would be…
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Army Bob: Where do candidates stand on eminent domain issue?
Let’s discuss eminent domain, a topic on which everyone has an unyielding stand on one way or the other. To understand the issue, we need to dwell on a bit…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: My cowardice and the tragic tale of Pat Buensch
Patricia Ann Buensch died this past week at the age of 68. She passed quietly without much fanfare, but there was a time when she was somewhat famous. Pat was…
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Basura: A tragic U.S. Navy WWII tale of a swimming monkey
My dad was in the Navy in World War II, serving on a tanker ship, carrying fuel. I can't remember if he said that they were carrying oil or gasoline;…
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Ranger Rick: Let’s talk about problem’s causes, not symptoms
The candidates in the presidential sweepstakes race talk, talk, talk all day long to the media about the symptoms of what is wrong with the country’s present state of politics…