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Yes It Is, It’s True: I just don’t think climate change is a joke

August 3, 2015

“Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. “But now they only block the sun, They rain and they snow on everyone So many things I would have done, But clouds got in my way....

Monday Moanin’: Sit down and deliver, or I could be fired!

August 2, 2015

by Jeff Salisbury jeffreylsalisbury@gmail.com In the 1988 film “Stand and Deliver,” actor Edward James Olmos portrayed educator Jaime Escalante’s inspired teaching of his AP Calculus students in East Los Angeles. Olmos, as Escalante lit a desire to succeed in his students, most who’d never known much academic success. If you saw the movie, you...

The Muck Starts Here: Will Trump get trumped in GOP race?

August 2, 2015

by Barry Hastings The Donald. What an ass. A racist. A magnifier of truth, dealer in innuendo. (Hopefully) destroyer of the GOP. He took off on John McCain a short while ago, saying McCain is not a hero, and giving several reasons for his claims. He claimed McCain graduated at...

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Army Bob: It’s always easier to blame Bush, but not solve problem

August 1, 2015

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss the way President Barack Obama and the good folks on the left look at a problem. When asked what is to be done with the threat of ISIS/ISIL in the Middle East, President Obama answered that we inherited this problem from the George W....

Democracy Tree: Is State Rep. Gamrat a friend to child safety?

July 31, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin As the bereaved family of an 11-year old Antrim County boy — the fifth child to lose his life in Michigan this year due to an unintentional gun shot wound — prepares to lay his innocent soul to rest, a 9-year old Saginaw youth remains hospitalized...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Protest songs dwell in the dust bin of history

July 30, 2015

“WAR! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” Edwin Starr’s No. 1 hit song in late summer 1970 would not make the pop music charts today. And it was almost 50 years ago that Barry McGuire hit No. 1 with “The Eve of Destruction.” Just like “War,” I submit it...

Ranger Rick: Television today puts us on our road to perdition

July 29, 2015

Watching a popular program “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette,” you would think, at first, it was just good fun finding a “mate,” selecting a man or woman to propose marriage and live happily ever after. A realist knows it is high falutin’ BS, but to those impressionable young people who...

Democracy Tree: Michigan kids with guns 2nd worst

July 27, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin It’s no accident... This is not a story about “accidental” shootings involving children — because… they are not accidents. When a child uses a firearm and unintentionally harms another person, there’s frequently a guilty party: an irresponsible adult gun owner. And, the numbers indicate that Michigan is...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Beware of ‘Bait and Click’ on Internet

July 27, 2015

Computers and technology indeed are wondrous devices that enrich our lives and afford us the ability to do things we could only dream about 40 years ago. Computers are terrific when they are used as tools, just like cell phones and other tech devices, but too often they are treated...

Monday Moanin’: Finish hoeing your garden

July 26, 2015

by Jeff Salisbury I am the sort of fellow who strives to be present - to live in and be aware of the moments as I am experiencing them - while at the same time living a life of no or at least few if any regrets... but it wasn't...

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