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Democracy Tree: Bill would ban banana for condom use practice

by Amy Kerr Hardin Lansing: The good, the bad, and the just plain silly While Michigan’s roads aren’t getting fixed, here’s what Lansing’s been up to. Starting with the…

Editor September 21, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: What parents need to know about financing college

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Dear Parents, Stop worrying about funding your kids' college education. You need to fund your own retirement. Pay off your house and shed all long term…

Editor September 20, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: What were Bush, Cheney roles in Sept. 11?

Here's what happens when you elect right-wing religious nuts to positions of (self-perceived or real) political power and/or influence. At the very time the legislature was catching-on (and catching-up) to…

Editor September 20, 2015

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Army Bob: A sort of ‘dream’ Sanders-Trump matchup won’t happen

Senator Bernie Sanders vs. Donald Trump, a match-up that probably will never happen. But if it did we could answer a number of questions as to the direction the nation…

Editor September 19, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Are private toll roads coming to Michigan?

by Amy Kerr Hardin Now that the Courser-Gamrat scandal has been put to bed, albeit in the signature junior high fashion expected out of Michigan’s 98th Legislature, they can forthwith…

Editor September 18, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Gamrat’s song could be ‘The Cat Came Back’

The news about ex-State Rep. Cindy Gamrat filing for the seat from which she was expelled prompts a few famous quotations: “They thought she was a goner, but the cat…

Editor September 17, 2015

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Army Bob: Climate change Chicken Littles have been around a long time

My fellow veteran, friend and colleague Ranger Rick has written on this subject a number of times and suffered the slings and arrows of those who worship at the altar…

Editor September 17, 2015

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Ranger Rick: The invasion of Europe — the United States is next!

Anyone viewing the national news on any channel can’t help but notice the mass of refugees crossing Europe. The Muslim horde of the Middle Ages didn’t bring Europe down due…

Editor September 15, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: ‘New American Way of Life’ just another hoax

By Jeff Salisbury Meme… e-mail… truth… fiction… urban legend… Hope you’ve seen or read the chain email or Internet meme called either “How to get $75k in benefits for you and…

Editor September 13, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: Is Hillary Clinton a victim of ‘Murphy’s Law?’

by Barry Hastings The Clinton camp has suddenly become the Clinton collapse, in Iowa and New Hampshire, as Bernie Sanders leads Hillary in polls among Democrats in the latter by…

Editor September 13, 2015