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Democracy Tree: Proposal 1 money trail was a one-way street

by Amy Kerr Hardin The Michigan roads proposal, billed as "road kill" after its resounding defeat Tuesday, was paved with cash, but it flowed in mostly one direction. Regardless of…

Editor May 6, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Is Baltimore’s mess just a hint of things to come?

The media, in its consuming quest to be first and usually get it wrong, presumed it had a great story of police brutality on a long time criminal, Freddie Gray,…

Editor May 5, 2015

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Monday Moan: As they say on Shark Tank, ‘I’m out’ on Prop 1

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net More than 20 years ago and after sitting through and asking questions of the late-State Senator William VanRegenmorter's "pitch" at Wayland City Hall, I voted against…

Editor May 3, 2015

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Let us be glad about saving a local treasure

‘Twas a little more than three years ago when my wife suggested I do a weekly historical column to highlight events and people 25, 50, 75…

Editor May 3, 2015

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The Muck Starts Here: We’re going there in a handbasket

By Barry Hastings Congress fiddles with sequestration of military funding while the world burns. Americans see whatever news directors determine will be the story of the day. There's no way…

Editor May 3, 2015

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Democracy Tree: State legislators gut 14th Amendment

by Amy Kerr Hardin It must hurt — the mental machinations and intellectual inconsistencies necessary for Michigan’s GOP lawmakers to time and again churn up conspiracy theories about federal government…

Editor May 1, 2015

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Army Bob: Defeat ISIS/ISIL now or deal with version 4.0 later

What is in a name? ISIS or is it ISIL or is it Islamic Terrorism or “The B Team?” Quite frankly there is a lot in the name we use…

Editor April 30, 2015

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Democracy Tree: New angry white male political porn queen

Democracy Tree doesn’t typically stray into dust-ups acros the pond, but here we make an exception, because this story needs telling. Step aside Ann Coulter. Fox News babes, you can…

Editor April 28, 2015

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Ranger Rick: Some observations about the roads debacle

Well, Proposal 15-1 will soon be upon us in another week. We can vote ourselves more taxes (some estimates indicate an average Michigan household will experience $800 per year increase…

Editor April 28, 2015

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Monday Moan: Three life lessons and learning from mistakes

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net There’s an old proverbial phrase that goes something like this… "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" Lemons, of course, are sour and bring to mind…

Editor April 26, 2015