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Yes It Is, It’s True: We Americans worship at the altar of violence
“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…
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Democracy Tree: Boy Scout ban on LGBT leaders on its way out
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,…
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Ranger Rick: Liberal thought seems to be bereft of common sense
If you’ve never read any of Thomas Sowell’s columns or books, you owe it to yourself to learn the ideas of one of the most exceptional minds of our time.…
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Wayland schools has NOT fired its snow plowing service
Mr. Young, Contrary to false hearsay at last night’s City Council meeting, the school district has not fired its snow plowing service. Facts: The district currently has the same plowing…
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Democracy Tree: As Romney cashes out, contenders vie for war chest
by Amy Kerr Hardin So, Romney’s dog gets a break from the campaign trail in 2016, but after the aborted presidential bid, there’s still much to be settled. It’s all…
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Monday Moan: Moans, groans and loans from Jan. 26 work session
By Jeff Salisbury RECAP JANUARY 26, 2015 WORK SESSION Agenda – New Business Discussion Items 2015-16 Budget Assumptions – By Director of Finance Bill Melching - Student enrollment Projection –…
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The Muck Starts Here: Most cannot afford to be packing heat
by Barry Hastings Screw the prophet (and the horse he rode in on) Increasing numbers of innocents are dying under the guns and bombs of Islamic Terror, particularly where it's…
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Army Bob: Obama unwittingly drives final nail into Cuba Socialism coffin
By Robert M. Traxler “Cuba is the last great hope for Marxism” — Lee Harvey Oswald. The recent American lifting of sanctions and recognition of Cuba has made strange bed…
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Democracy Tree: Michigan lawmakers squeal over wolf hunt ruling
by Amy Kerr Hardin Sen. Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) is crying wolf again. He and two fellow state lawmakers are howling mad over last month’s federal court ruling in favor of…
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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,…