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Army Bob: Defeat ISIS/ISIL now or deal with version 4.0 later
What is in a name? ISIS or is it ISIL or is it Islamic Terrorism or “The B Team?” Quite frankly there is a lot in the name we use…
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Democracy Tree: New angry white male political porn queen
Democracy Tree doesn’t typically stray into dust-ups acros the pond, but here we make an exception, because this story needs telling. Step aside Ann Coulter. Fox News babes, you can…
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Ranger Rick: Some observations about the roads debacle
Well, Proposal 15-1 will soon be upon us in another week. We can vote ourselves more taxes (some estimates indicate an average Michigan household will experience $800 per year increase…
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Monday Moan: Three life lessons and learning from mistakes
By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net There’s an old proverbial phrase that goes something like this… "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" Lemons, of course, are sour and bring to mind…
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The Muck Starts Here: ‘Take our country back’ from whom?
by Barry Hastings GOP Presidential candidate wannabee (but soon to withdraw) Lindsey Graham stuck his foot in the water recently, trying to tie Hillary Clinton to the President's reactive foreign…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: How long can United Bank be a holdout?
When you drive on 142nd Avenue west to Dorr from the expressway, you can see a billboard with a picture of President Arthur C. Johnson declaring that United Bank has…
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Army Bob: We must fix local roads. The state and feds won’t
The differences between the Dorr Township road millage and the state tax increases for “roads” are too many to list here. But the largest is that the Dorr millage is…
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Soapbox from the past: ‘Oh, dusty roads, take me home’
EDITOR'S NOTE: Area township officials' continued hand-wringing and debate over dust control on rural gravel roads isn't really anything new, as proven by this editorial, written 25 years ago by…
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Democracy Tree: State lawmakers allow toy guns to look real
by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan’s legislature is poised to enact a bill that should be of grave concern for parents who, unlike GOP lawmakers, will immediately understand the true danger…
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Ranger Rick: So who are you gonna trust? The ‘progressives’?
If you’ve been reading any of my articles, you’ll notice I don’t try to bamboozle you with difficult language, extravagant sentence structure, or liberal mumbo jumbo (oops, make that “progressive”…