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Yes It Is It’s True: What should we do with sick predators of children?

I watched the 1998 film “Happiness,” which won a lot of acclaim in Europe, but got a cold reception in America. The reason was obvious — the film took up…

Editor September 4, 2015

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Army Bob: Let’s have open, simple, less bureaucratic government

by Robert M. Traxler I received one of those chain emails, you know the ones with the please forward on the bottom. One of the points in the email was…

Editor September 4, 2015

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Democracy Tree: It’s time to shut down the Enbridge pipeline

“Water is the blood of our Earth Mother.” – Cecil Pavlat of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians by Amy Kerr Hardin For all those kayaktivists and walkers who are attending…

Editor September 3, 2015

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Ranger Rick: About real and imagined gas vapors, and hype

The recent BP (the hated British Petroleum of Gulf of Mexico oil spill fame) gas refinery breakdown in Indiana caused a spike in gas prices – pushing gas to high…

Editor September 1, 2015

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Monday Moanin: About testing — ‘I don’t know, you tell me’

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Following the recent release of test-taker data for the state’s 2015 high school grads by American College Test and the State of Michigan, those who follow…

Editor August 30, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: Falling stars and kind words for a great man

by Barry Hastings It does my heart good to see South Carolina's "military expert" and racist U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham facing ignominious withdrawal from the GOP primacy races. I could…

Editor August 30, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Excoriated for singing ‘God Bless America’ at GVSU

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from the unpublished book, “Breadcrusts,” co-written by James G. Wasserman and David T. Young. It recounts the events of Jan. 22, 1969, at…

Editor August 29, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Mackinac Center fails at ‘research goal’

by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan is rife with right-wing gaffes this summer. As if the Courser/Gamrat affair weren’t enough to entertain the electorate, we also have the anticipated perennial dose…

Editor August 29, 2015

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Army Bob: Hillary presents herself as interesting, but flawed candidate

by Robert M. Traxler Given that there is an Infantry rifle squad plus of candidates for the Republican nomination for president, most of us who are staunch Republicans have a…

Editor August 28, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Abortion continues culture of death for 42 years

With all the latest information coming out about Planned Parenthood’s abortion mills and selling of body parts and whole fetuses, I was physically ill from the descriptions and the undercover…

Editor August 25, 2015