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By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com First off, being a child once… and a class clown,  I speak from experience.  Plus, I was in therapy for several years. Let me just say…

I’ve been railing against our broken down and “rigged” two-party electoral system, perhaps prompting some readers to ask what a smarty-pants such as I offer for solutions. As a public…

Hillary Clinton is showing her hand in the game of political poker. Mrs. Clinton is losing support, so what does she do? She pulled a real knee-slapper — pushing for…

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…

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…

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…