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Ranger Rick: Wage equality campaigns are lots of nonsense

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift…

Editor June 23, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: Every day is Father’s Day to me

For Harbaughs, every day is Father's Day By Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News - June 20, 2015 Little Jim Harbaugh would leave the house wearing his baseball hat and…

Editor June 21, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Affordable Care Act doing fine in Michigan

Below is a fact sheet from The White House Office of the Press Secretary on how Michigan is faring under the Affordable Care Act. by Amy Kerr Hardin FACT SHEET:…

Editor June 21, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: Continuing the list of U.S. Navy’s sins

by Barry Hastings Let's start where I left off last time, continuing my (many) complaints against the U. S. Navy. We'll pick the tale up with Admiral Hyman Rickover, a…

Editor June 21, 2015

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Army Bob: Hatred disguised as social justice is still hatred

The new politically correct term used by the folks who make their living on racial division is the elimination of “White Privilege.” Is the call for the elimination of white…

Editor June 18, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Right-winger opposes our War on Terror

Sometimes political labels are inadequate — the customary “liberal,” “moderate” and “conservative” adjectives we stick on people in the political arena. I stumbled on to an essay written by Jacob…

Editor June 18, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Is the Great Lakes state a sinking ship?

by Amy Kerr Hardin QUIZ: What do the expressions colossal squid, colony collapse disorder, photobomb, emoji, jegging, WTF, and dark money have in common? ANSWER: They all made the list of…

Editor June 17, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Rebuttal to Mr. Britten’s ‘Sticking it to the poor’

In an attempt to balance what Mr. David Britten espoused in his recent guest editorial, I must say I’m not surprised by his comments. I even actually somewhat agree with…

Editor June 16, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: Ruminations on Flag Day, iPads, civics, comfort

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net All I know is what I read online “Well, what shall I talk about? I ain’t got anything funny to say. All I know is what…

Editor June 14, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Aramark, corporate citizen. Oh, the humanity!

by Amy Kerr Hardin As corporate “people” go, Aramark Inc. is pretty pleased with itself recently. You see they’ve found a way around their public relations train wreck over their…

Editor June 14, 2015