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Democracy Tree: Is the Great Lakes state a sinking ship?

by Amy Kerr Hardin QUIZ: What do the expressions colossal squid, colony collapse disorder, photobomb, emoji, jegging, WTF, and dark money have in common? ANSWER: They all made the list of…

Editor June 17, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Rebuttal to Mr. Britten’s ‘Sticking it to the poor’

In an attempt to balance what Mr. David Britten espoused in his recent guest editorial, I must say I’m not surprised by his comments. I even actually somewhat agree with…

Editor June 16, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: Ruminations on Flag Day, iPads, civics, comfort

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net All I know is what I read online “Well, what shall I talk about? I ain’t got anything funny to say. All I know is what…

Editor June 14, 2015

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Democracy Tree: Aramark, corporate citizen. Oh, the humanity!

by Amy Kerr Hardin As corporate “people” go, Aramark Inc. is pretty pleased with itself recently. You see they’ve found a way around their public relations train wreck over their…

Editor June 14, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: U.S. Naval command has list of scandals

by Barry Hastings Bad news first... 'cause that's all we have here. Besides the disgusting lack of progress in our battle against radical Muslim terror, we're seeing rebirth of the…

Editor June 14, 2015

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Army Bob: Shrinking warrior class is 1/2% of U.S. population

An offshoot of the “All Volunteer Force” is a growing warrior class; our military is currently composed of one half of one percent of our population according to Military Times.…

Editor June 12, 2015

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Ranger Rick: So 47% can’t raise $400 for an emergency?

In a recent survey by the Federal Reserve, 47% of those surveyed said they would have to borrow money, pawn or sell something to come up with $400 for an…

Editor June 9, 2015

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Monday Moanin’: More tests, though they show no benefit

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net "If it wasn’t for all the confusion there'd be no fusion at all." MEAP, MME, M-Step, PSAT, SAT According to a press release from the Michigan…

Editor June 7, 2015

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We’re doing our best imitation of Rome during its decline

by Barry Hastings On May 28, a presidential press aide told White House reporters, "We're involved in a very different kind of conflict." You can say that again. It's a…

Editor June 7, 2015

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Army Bob: Poll says Arabs give 81% approval rating for ISIS

Perhaps the Obama Administration should read a recent survey conducted by Al Jazeera that found 81% of the Arabs polled saying they support The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria…

Editor June 4, 2015