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Monday Moanin’: A heartfelt rant from a former state representative

By JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com GUEST MOAN by LaMar Lemmons III, Detroit Public Schools Trustee BACKGROUND: In 1999, Republican Gov. John Engler signed PA 10 into law, abolishing Detroit Public School’s elected school…

Editor October 18, 2015

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Barry Hastings: The Fighting Coo Goo — ‘Semper Paratus’

At the end of summer 2015, there were 1.25 million Americans under arms. Many are fighting, or training others to do so, in most of the world’s worst pest-holes…

Editor October 18, 2015

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The awful truth may be that we don’t want to handle the truth

“In war, truth is the first casualty.” — Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) “In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary…

Editor October 18, 2015

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Army Bob: New gun laws will be all symbolism, no substance

The call for gun control is once again loud and not so clear. The liberal media has its panties in a bunch once again and is making calls for more…

Editor October 15, 2015

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Ranger Rick: We need guns in our schools? Tell me it ain’t so!

The most recent controversy befalling a Republican candidate, Dr. Ben Carson, concerning his answering a question about the recent slayings in Oregon at Umpqua Community College. Dr. Carson said he…

Editor October 13, 2015

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Army Bob: So let’s get this nasty business of Bergdahl over with

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who deserted his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by various enemy groups until exchanged for five general-officer level enemy detainees, is…

Editor October 12, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: Some teachers mad as hell, not taking it any more

By JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Owing to spending parts of four decades in education, I follow with some interest "VAMboozled!" a blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, notably because she is spot-on when it comes…

Editor October 11, 2015

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Barry Hastings: August 1986, and a big wind at Nantucket

(Author's note: This true story was originally written on Aug. 20, 1986, less than 24 hours after the event occurred. Every word is fact.) I woke with a start as…

Editor October 11, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Media hype sometimes trumps the truth

This is a true story about two instances in which broadcast media hyper-ventilated, got carried away and sacrificed the truth for what was thought to be a good story. I…

Editor October 11, 2015

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Democracy Tree: State politicians wined and dined by lobbyists

This year’s first SNAP Report from the Michigan Campaign Finance Network is a who’s-who of Lansing lawmakers. Lobbyists fed Michigan’s elected officials like so much foie gras destined for the…

Editor October 10, 2015