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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…

Editor December 13, 2015

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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…

Editor December 13, 2015

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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…

Editor December 12, 2015

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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…

Editor December 11, 2015

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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…

Editor December 10, 2015

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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…

Editor December 9, 2015

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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…

Editor December 8, 2015

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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…

Editor December 6, 2015

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Army Bob: Another terrorist attack, another call for gun control

We suffered yet one more terrorist attack, and the good folks on the left once again fall back to the party line: it is not the criminal nor the terrorist,…

Editor December 6, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: State Legislature goes from bad to worse

Name one issue — guns, roads, wolves, pipelines, fracking, the Jamrat and her Coarser friend — our Michigan legislature hasn't made a hash of over the past eight to ten…

Editor December 6, 2015