Posted inColumns
Democracy Tree: Is State Rep. Gamrat a friend to child safety?
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…
Posted inColumns
Yes It Is, It’s True: Protest songs dwell in the dust bin of history
“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…
Posted inColumns
Ranger Rick: Television today puts us on our road to perdition
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…
Posted inColumns
Democracy Tree: Michigan kids with guns 2nd worst
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…
Posted inColumns
Yes It Is, It’s True: Beware of ‘Bait and Click’ on Internet
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…
Posted inColumns
Monday Moanin’: Finish hoeing your garden
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 -…
Posted inColumns
The Muck Starts Here: One comment and more softball
by Barry Hastings A week or so ago, a CBS Evening News report asked the question, "Is baseball becoming hazardous for the fans?" This following a two-week period when a…
Posted inColumns
Democracy Tree: Is Trinity prison food service Aramark redux?
by Amy Kerr Hardin Democracy Tree catalogued the multiple offenses of Aramark, the soon-to-be former private food vendor for the Michigan Department of Corrections, so now it’s time to compile…
Posted inColumns
Ranger Rick: Obama, Kerry flinched – Iran got what it wanted
The “Dynamic Duo” of our illustrious and smartest president in the history of the United States (though no evidence of such intelligence has been brought forth) and Secretary of State…
Posted inColumns
Monday Moanin’: Music makes the world go ‘round if we turn the page
A Blog by Jeff Salisbury jeffreylsalisbury@gmail.com Some of my earliest childhood memories involve music. Before I was able to verbalize or speak or make myself understood, I was hearing music…