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Yes It Is, It’s True: We act like we’re the United States of Hubris
"When some loud braggart tries to put me down, he says his school is great... “I tell him right away, now whatsa matter buddy, ain’t you heard of my school,…
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State of the Union: We’re still not getting the leadership we need
The President has had his night, talking to the American people with the State of the Union Address. I write this the afternoon before his address because I won’t see…
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Democracy Tree: Social media threats may land faux patriots in prison
By Amy Kerr Hardin A firestorm of reprehensible, and possibly illegal, threats were directed at progressive filmmaker and political lightning-rod Michael Moore last week after he tweeted that, while growing-up,…
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Monday Moan: How to help put the public into a public meeting
By Jeff Salisbury Does the Wayland school board have its own agenda? Yes. As a matter of fact it does… every single meeting. Initially, one of the frustrating experiences I…
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The Muck Starts Here: Oh, wither America’s manifest destiny?
By Barry Hastings Results of our (ever-so-slowly-ending) business in Afghanistan, and badly-ended fool's errand in Iraq, are not going to be pretty — not even cosmetically tolerable. We took action…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: May Wildcat girls continue to defeat selfishness, media hype
Members of "The Greatest Generation" have told me "This ain't the same country I remember when I was growing up." Indeed. Things and people change, and sometimes not for the…
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Army Bob: Evil genius al-Zawahiri has led Al-Qaeda, not Bin Laden
We all have been told ever since Osama Bin Laden was killed that Al-Qaeda was destroyed, on the run or in retreat and generally we have not much to worry…
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DEMOCRACY TREE: Senator wants public funds to pave logging roads
by Amy Kerr Hardin One week after Gov. Rick Snyder told Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38, Escanaba) his attack plan on the science behind biodiversity was headed for the veto pile,…
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The muck starts here: ‘Buckshott, Part Deux’
by Barry Hastings ‘War on Terror’ prosecution incompetent The oft repeated question of journalists and citizens today is, "What's our strategy for preventing attacks of the type we're seeing across…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: MLK’s teachings, legacy similar to those of Jesus
As the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday approaches, I submit that the way we view Dr. King has some interesting similarities with how we regard Jesus Christ. The…