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Basura: The adventures of a man wearing a seasonal red suit
It was about this time of the year, for a few years in a row, when I was asked to put on the red suit. A volunteer was needed. I…
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Ranger Rick: We must decide who can and cannot enter our borders
Back in 2008, candidate Barack Obama boasted, “Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to…
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Monday Moanin’: Words of caution for my education friends and others
by Jeff Salisbury As a retired classroom teacher (who took 13 on-again, off-again, on-again years from high school diploma to college ed degree) and a proud, long-time labor leader who…
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The Muck Starts Here: The new ‘Know-Nothings’ — GOP prez field
by Barry Hastings The impending Neo-Nazi American nation. Never in my 77 years have I seen such a collection of fools and/or idiots dominating an American political party's policy-makers. And…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Climate change evidence continues to grow
I reached a minor milestone Friday when I mowed my lawn in December for the first time in my entire life. My wife told me the back yard grass was…
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Democracy Tree: Michigan GOP insensitive to gun violence victims
by Amy Kerr Hardin A week ago today, just hours prior to the horrific mass shooting in California, Michigan House Democrats offered a resolution to declare Dec 9–16 as Remembrance…
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Army Bob: Prepare yourself for the silly season and tiresome rhetoric
by Robert M. Traxler As we enter what some folks call the silly season, the presidential election season, we see politicians on both sides of the spectrum using the same…
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Basura: We weren’t shown the truth about alligators in the movies
I went on a couple kayaking trips on a recent trip to Florida. On one, I signed up for a kayaking group tour through the mangroves. I called in a…
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Ranger Rick: Liberal media is guilty of ‘Dixie Chicks’ syndrome
I continue to get hammered by those on the liberal side of the aisle when I bring up the subject of a bought and paid for media – the "Liberal…
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Monday Moanin’: Tweaking Will Rogers — All I know is what I read online
By Jeff Salisbury "All I know is what I read in the papers" – Will Rogers Sr. Sadly, this is real news… not satire… because you just can’t make this…