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The Muck Starts Here: This isn’t a pleasant peninsula any more

By Barry Hastings What a state we live in. In a few (long) years, our Michigan has drifted (and been driven by political Gerrymandering) from a strong, progressive economic power,…

Editor June 28, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Let’s raise a glass to martyr Gerry Crane

EDITOR’S NOTE: Much of what follows is reprinted from a column I wrote more than two years ago. While the nation buzzes today about the Supreme Court’s historic decision on…

Editor June 26, 2015

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Army Bob: So now what can be done about Dorr Twp. roads?

Dorr Township last month voted down the millage to maintain and improve roads. Dorr voted the millage down by 64% to 36%, a very clear and sound defeat for the…

Editor June 25, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Twitter pulls plug on political transparency

by Amy Kerr Hardin “A member of Congress does not and should not have the same expectation of privacy as a private citizen. Power can only be accountable with a…

Editor June 24, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Wage equality campaigns are lots of nonsense

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift…

Editor June 23, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: Every day is Father’s Day to me

For Harbaughs, every day is Father's Day By Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News - June 20, 2015 Little Jim Harbaugh would leave the house wearing his baseball hat and…

Editor June 21, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Affordable Care Act doing fine in Michigan

Below is a fact sheet from The White House Office of the Press Secretary on how Michigan is faring under the Affordable Care Act. by Amy Kerr Hardin FACT SHEET:…

Editor June 21, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: Continuing the list of U.S. Navy’s sins

by Barry Hastings Let's start where I left off last time, continuing my (many) complaints against the U. S. Navy. We'll pick the tale up with Admiral Hyman Rickover, a…

Editor June 21, 2015

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Army Bob: Hatred disguised as social justice is still hatred

The new politically correct term used by the folks who make their living on racial division is the elimination of “White Privilege.” Is the call for the elimination of white…

Editor June 18, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Right-winger opposes our War on Terror

Sometimes political labels are inadequate — the customary “liberal,” “moderate” and “conservative” adjectives we stick on people in the political arena. I stumbled on to an essay written by Jacob…

Editor June 18, 2015