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Monday moan: All I know is what I’ve been reading on line
By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net "Well, what shall I talk about? I ain't got anything funny to say. All I know is what I read in the papers." – Will Rogers…
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The Muck Starts Here: Skeptical about past, present and future
by Barry Hastings Call me Jeremiah. . ., 'cause I'm skeptical about the past, the present and the future. The past because I suspect our national intelligence, military, and…
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Democracy Tree: Aramark employee canned for whistleblowing
“Aramark did not fire the problem, Aramark fired the employee that was reporting the problems they failed to fix.” — Jon Costa, Aramark whistleblower Last year, Democracy Tree reported on…
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Army Bob: Bergdahl not a smoking gun, but a smoking Howitzer
The report Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been read court martial charges tells only a part of the story. Article 85 (Desertion) is an intent crime the main burden of proof…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: I was workin’ for da man every night and day
I was introduced to the disturbing prevailing modern relationship between management and labor when I left the Albion Evening Recorder in 1984, when the small daily newspaper began to struggle…
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Democracy Tree: State legislator tries to fight dog discrimination
by Amy Kerr Hardin It happened quietly late last week. Republican Senator David B. Robertson (R-14) introduced a piece of legislation that would prohibit Michigan municipalities from discriminating against certain…
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Ranger Rick: Senator Ted Cruz, the liberals’ nightmare, oh, my!
Senator Ted Cruz has announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 2016… and the long knives have come out. Rep. Peter King, representing the state of New…
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Monday Moan: Here’s hoping Wayland board makes it 3-for-3
By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net In recent weeks we’ve seen the Wayland board go 2-for-2 in wise decisions and hopefully they are poised to make it 3-for-3 running the table so…
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The Muck Starts Here: On the road to perdition with ISIL
By Barry Hastings Every time I wake to the morning news I'm closer to screaming, "This President and his military advisers are leading us down the road to defeat and…
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Democracy Tree: Follow the money to block a Michigan union
by Amy Kerr Hardin Today’s Traverse City Record-Eagle opined on a transparency issue at Northwestern Michigan College over exorbitant legal fees paid to the silk-stocking law firm Miller Canfield. At…