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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Democracy Tree: GOP proposal gives unconvicted rapists parental rights
by Amy Kerr Hardin Having not written about the Michigan Senate for a spell, now is a good time to check up on them during their year-end rush. Though it’s…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Working stiffs got only crumbs in trickle-down system
One of the most disturbing fables I’ve ever encountered is a story about a frog and a boiling pot. The frog is persuaded by his hungry enemies to enter a…