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Basura: Snorkeling featured in upcoming trip south of the border
My wife and I are headed south of the border for a bit. I love to snorkel. She loves to get out of the cold, and be away from the…
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Ranger Rick: The Great Divide is Remocrats vs. republicans
The Great Divide When you first start to read this I presume you are thinking, what divide? Between Democrats and Republicans, racial divide, Michigan vs. Michigan State? No, the divide…
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Democracy Tree: Emergency manager law a monstrous hoax
by Amy Kerr Hardin The very first sentence of Public Act 436, Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law — not the second or third, or some obscure subsection buried within — the…
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Monday Moanin’: How you can help as Flint water crisis continues
By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Despite declarations of disaster being announced, first by the otherwise powerless mayor (owing to the State of Michigan appointed emergency manager being in charge), as well…
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Barry Hastings: Coming of age with the Coast Guard in the ’50s
By Barry Hastings In mid-September, 1955,1 turned 17 when a friend (who'd hit the mark a month or so earlier) and I took a ride to Battle Creek. We planned…
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Army Bob: More people are dying from drug abuse than firearms
by Robert M. Traxler If I were to tell you drug overdoses kill more Americans than guns would you believe it? Well, you should believe it. The issue we need…
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Basura: Dame Fortune smiled at me when I was adopted in ’47
I was adopted in August 1947. I was four months old. I was the first of four adopted children. None of us were genetically related. My parents were amazing people.…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Martin pot battle a harbinger of things to come
It should have been a surprise to no one Monday evening that the Martin Township Board would adopt an ordinance specifically to forbid dispensation of marijuana. This is the same…
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Democracy Tree: Michigan Democrats combat GOP thuggery
by Amy Kerr Hardin “There aren’t going to be any profiles of courage passed out to this chamber.” — House Minority Floor Leader Sam Singh (D-69) on the duplicitous actions of…
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Ranger Rick: A heartfelt tribute to Ed, an old friend, a fine man
On a recent day in December, I received a note from an old military friend of mine. He had included the obituary of Ed, another mutual military friend of ours.…