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Ranger Rick: U.S. is No. 1 in debt, even worse than Greece
As much as Ranger Rick has his opinions diametrically opposed to the author of this “on-line rag” (his words, not mine), I think we both realize the U.S. is in…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: I just don’t think climate change is a joke
“Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way. “But now they only block the sun,…
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Monday Moanin’: Sit down and deliver, or I could be fired!
by Jeff Salisbury jeffreylsalisbury@gmail.com In the 1988 film “Stand and Deliver,” actor Edward James Olmos portrayed educator Jaime Escalante’s inspired teaching of his AP Calculus students in East Los Angeles. Olmos, as Escalante lit…
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The Muck Starts Here: Will Trump get trumped in GOP race?
by Barry Hastings The Donald. What an ass. A racist. A magnifier of truth, dealer in innuendo. (Hopefully) destroyer of the GOP. He took off on John McCain a short…
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Army Bob: It’s always easier to blame Bush, but not solve problem
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss the way President Barack Obama and the good folks on the left look at a problem. When asked what is to be done with…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…