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Ranger Rick: Times change, but economic principles remain

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." —John Adams (1770)…

Editor June 2, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: A for Average, F for Fraud, AP for inflation

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net Wayland’s Class of 2015 went through commencement exercises recently and as is the common practice the district recognized those students who achieved top academic honors. According…

Editor May 31, 2015

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Barry Hastings: A child’s memory of D-Day, 71 years ago

by Barry Hastings Seventy-one years ago next Saturday, in Burton Heights (Grand Rapids) a group of young boys were playing "Army" a block or so west of Division Avenue. We'd…

Editor May 31, 2015

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Army Bob: Admiral Lynch sells his soul through advertising

If you watch Fox News you are bombarded with the ads for New Day USA, a company selling home equity loans to veterans. A good number of the ads feature…

Editor May 30, 2015

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Army Bob: Cold War redux? Russian tanks better than ours

The Russians have introduced a new main battle tank at the annual WWII Victory Parade, the T-14 Armata. The tank is a marvel of 21st Century innovation. It has a…

Editor May 29, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: ‘Purple Patty’ and the ugly senate campaign

“When you lie down with dogs, you rise up with fleas.” — Ottawa County Prosecutor James Bussard, March 1969. This is the somewhat sordid and salacious story of perhaps the…

Editor May 28, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Many local police now are armed to the teeth

Is your local government armed to the teeth? Many in Michigan are. A recent editorial in U.S. News & World Report cited the drama writer’s principle known as “Chekhov’s Gun”…

Editor May 28, 2015

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Ranger Rick: The liberal broadcast media still can’t get it right!

The startling revelation that George Stephanopoulos gave a first reported $50,000 to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation (BHCC) was a stunning announcement (yawn), wasn’t it? The media, and…

Editor May 26, 2015

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Monday Moan: Sometimes I wonder who to ‘see about that’

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net For most of my 24 years teaching journalism and “news-English” writing courses at Wayland High School, I showed the 1981 movie “Absence of Malice” starring Paul…

Editor May 24, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: Montezuma’s real revenge… and more

by Barry Hastings If a visit to the Gun Lake (or any other) Casino, "is gonna" be the best day of your li-hi-hife," you must be a very lonely, terribly…

Editor May 24, 2015