Columns – Page 244

Army Bob: We are at war with the ideology of radical Islam

February 13, 2015

by Robert M. Traxler We are at war with an ideology, the ideology of radical Islam, in the same way we were at war with the ideology of communism during the cold war. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is growing by an estimated 1,000 Islamists per day;...

Democracy Tree: Michigan’s competing bills on same-sex adoption

February 12, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin State Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced legislation earlier this month to allow second-parent adoptions. House Bill-4133 would allow unmarried partners of biological parents and sole legal guardians to share legal custody through adoption. This would permit same-sex and unmarried couples to provide the benefits of...

Yes It Is, It’s True: I liked my 1st meal at the Auction House Cafe

February 12, 2015

After all these years, I finally dined at the Auction House Café Wednesday evening. The place has been a fixture in Wayland since 1936, and yet I didn’t eat there during my high school years, my Wayland Globe years and even after my return in 1986. There is no rational...

Democracy Tree: Alabama congressman ‘mean-tweets’ FLOTUS

February 10, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama) co-chaired the 2015 National Prayer Breakfast late last week. This event has since inflamed the delicate sensibilities of righteous Christians who apparently snoozed their way through world history 101, leaving them completely ignorant of the not so pleasant details of the Crusades...

Ranger Rick: Proof we’re living in a country run by idiots

February 10, 2015

I have posted this before, but like most good hard-hitting opinion pieces (since Paul Harvey no longer graces our airwaves), using information to state the obvious produces the most profound effect. You know you live in a country run by idiots… … When smoking pot is legal and widely accepted,...

Monday Moan: Gotta school board meeting tonight, Monday, Feb. 9

February 8, 2015

by Jeff Salisbury My oh my but where has the time gone? Time for another school board meeting. Wayland Union School Board of Education Regular Meeting @ Baker Elementary School – Monday, February 9, 2015 – 7:00 p.m. My grandsons have WHS basketball games at Holland Christian but I hope...

The Muck Starts Here: What should intel agencies do to make us safe?

February 8, 2015

By Barry Hastings Defense Intelligence Agency National Counter-terrorism Center National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency National Intelligence Council National Military Intelligence Center National Security Agency National Security Council Central Intelligence Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation These, and (at least) nine other intel agencies, are working hard to protect America every day, unceasingly....

Army Bob: Taxing the rich not as good an idea as you might think

February 5, 2015

Tax the corporations is the mating call of the green-tinted soft-beaked socialist. How many times have we all heard this mantra from President Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and every far left liberal friend we have. Businesses and the rich do not pay their fair share, the board...

Yes It Is, It’s True: We Americans worship at the altar of violence

February 5, 2015

“Today I cut some frogs legs off and I left them by the pond.” — The Fugs, Johnny Pissoff Meets the Red Angel I accidentally ran over and killed a toad while mowing the lawn one day last summer. This may sound a bit over the top, but the incident...

Democracy Tree: Boy Scout ban on LGBT leaders on its way out

February 4, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin Feb. 8 – 14 is the official 2015 Boy Scout Week in Michigan, celebrating an organization with a long history of discrimination against the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community. Until very recently, Boy Scouts of America prohibited gay membership. The 103-year-old ban was lifted on...

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