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Monday Moanin’: I am struggling to tolerate the intolerant

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com An appeals court recently upheld a lower court's order halting a federal mandate requiring two Christian colleges - one in Michigan and the other in Iowa…

Editor October 4, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: The legislative morass in Lansing flourishes

by Barry Hastings It's found not only in Michigan, but folks here are certainly playing the parts of Lewis & Clark as pathfinders for the legislative masters of folly, sloppy…

Editor October 4, 2015

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Army Bob: Stop saying ‘human,’ ‘history,’ ‘mankind,’ and ‘man’

The politically correct left strikes again: the University of North Carolina, not Berkley or the California higher education system, but a relative conservative southern state, has banned the vile hate-filled…

Editor October 1, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: American sports spectacles promote greed, hubris

I really used to enjoy baseball, basketball and football in my youth and later golf, amateur wrestling, cross country and track. I followed professional and college teams closely and took part…

Editor September 30, 2015

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Ranger Rick: All Dems have are wounded lioness and ‘independent’

The presidential race is getting interesting. With all those Republicans and only two Democrats with any chance of winning the Democrat nomination (with Vice President Uncle Joe in the wings),…

Editor September 29, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Lansing must tell Gamrat, Courser no means no!

by Amy Kerr Hardin Now that disgraced former lawmakers Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser have declared their intent to run for the House seats they forfeited over gross misconduct…

Editor September 28, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: Some perspectives about class clown behavior

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com First off, being a child once… and a class clown, I speak from experience. Plus, I was in therapy for several years. Let me just say…

Editor September 27, 2015

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Yes It Is It’s True: Solving our broken down 2-party election system

I’ve been railing against our broken down and “rigged” two-party electoral system, perhaps prompting some readers to ask what a smarty-pants such as I offer for solutions. As a public…

Editor September 26, 2015

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Army Bob: The tyranny of the big box store is just a myth

The "tyranny of big box stores" or mega-stores is a subject increasingly in the news. Indeed, a progressive columnist for this esteemed publication recently waxed eloquently about corporations that demand…

Editor September 24, 2015

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Ranger Rick: An interesting story about 2 different (?) ‘Bills’

Hillary Clinton is showing her hand in the game of political poker. Mrs. Clinton is losing support, so what does she do? She pulled a real knee-slapper — pushing for…

Editor September 22, 2015