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Army Bob: Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire primary… or did he?

by Robert M. Traxler Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont received nearly 60% of the New Hampshire Democratic primary votes; a landslide by normal political standards, so to the victor goes…

Editor February 11, 2016

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Basura: The story of old Mr. White and his only friend, Charley

Mark was a social worker at the Department of Social Services, assigned to work with the elderly. In his early-thirties, Mark enjoyed working with folks that had some age to…

Editor February 10, 2016

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Ranger Rick: Picking up trash while walking turns into gold

I have a daily habit of walking a circuit that includes city streets. You see everything and every walk of life on the sidewalks – men, women, teenagers, children, white,…

Editor February 9, 2016

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Democracy Tree: State Legislature honors Gamrat by resurrecting gun bill

by Amy Kerr Hardin There’s a sad irony to this story — one that is surely lost on disgraced lawmakers, Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser It didn’t take long for…

Editor February 9, 2016

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Monday Moanin’: What’s a progressive, and who is more progressive?

POLITICS 2016 ELECTION The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President…

Editor February 7, 2016

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The Muck Starts Here: The Snyder solution’s fact and farce

by Barry Hastings After many years of poisoning the political atmosphere of Michigan, Herr Governor Rick Snyder has now turned to poisoning people — from very young, to the very…

Editor February 7, 2016

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Yes It Is, It’s True: I don’t often quote coaches or players

Long ago, but not far away, I first started to get an inkling that the most overrated aspect of sports writing and sports broadcasting was quotes from coaches or players.…

Editor February 6, 2016

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Army Bob: Don’t bet the farm on prosecuting Mrs. Clinton

Let’s say for argument sake the FBI has come to the point where it finds sufficient evidence exists to refer its investigation on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to…

Editor February 4, 2016

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Basura: The awful offal on the highway near a slaughterhouse

In 1968, as a 21-year-old sophomore at Grand Valley State in West Michigan, my girlfriend (wife to be) and our friend JV went to the Embassy Bar, a bit further…

Editor February 4, 2016

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Democracy Tree: Campaign finance reform leader emerges

Michigan, the state that earned an “F” for governmental transparency, and under Gov. Snyder’s reign vastly expanded the influence of dark money in politics, is very much in need of…

Editor February 3, 2016