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A confederacy of dunces: This is all about idiots of all stripes
by Barry Hastings This is intended to be all about idiots. Yes, and idiots of all stripes. To wit: "I am writing in response to (blank) in the Nov. 27,…
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Army Bob: Extremist negativity exacts a toll on us as Americans
by Robert M. Traxler Negativity is the easy way out. Ever notice how the good folks on the ends of the political spectrum see things? Left or right, the 5%…
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Democracy Tree: Saginaw High School may close for no good reason
by Amy Kerr Hardin The Saginaw School District Board of Education is considering shuttering one of two high schools to consolidate them under one roof. Much of the discussion has…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Boy, did I ever misjudge the late ‘Lovely Lesley Gore’
News this week of the death of singer-songwriter-activist Lesley Gore caused in me a variety of reactions. Way “back in the day,” during my formative and impressionable adolescent years, I…
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We all seem to want to save stray animals, but what about babies?
Most people love kitties and/or puppies. They are cute and cuddly and love the attention. Billions of dollars are spent on food, care and shelter for cats and dogs each…
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Monday Moan: Brace yourselves for trouble with school state funding
By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net I spotted a notice online this weekend that there will be a special Wayland school board meeting — a committee-of-the-whole (that means all seven members) —…
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The Muck Starts Here: Just what are we asking our soldiers to do?
by Barry Hastings The more I look at the mess we've let these (stupid) politicians get us into in the Middle East, the more it looks like Syria is going…
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Army Bob: We are at war with the ideology of radical Islam
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…
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Democracy Tree: Michigan’s competing bills on same-sex adoption
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…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: I liked my 1st meal at the Auction House Cafe
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…