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Ranger Rick: Biden buckles before other world leaders
The last 145 days of Joe Biden's time in the presidency has been one of drippy honeymoon love from the media. No daily confrontations like with Trump, it is a…
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Welcome Back Kathy for ‘Busy Day Beef Stew’ recipe
EDITOR'S NOTE: Kathy Hamman Miller, author of the Townbroadcast "Grandma's Recipe Box" column, has returned from the disabled list after successful surgery. We welcome her back "to the same old…
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Ramblin’ Road: I give up Facebook for an old dog
by Phyllis McCrossin This week I deactivated my Facebook account. No big deal, I’ve done it at least 50 times before; but I think this time it might be for…
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Army Bob: Reverse racism comments get a free pass
by Robert M. Traxler An article in the Washington Post quoted a speech by Dr. Aruna Khilanani lecturing at Yale, saying she had dreams about “unloading a revolver into the…
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Everyday Joys: My dread of approaching an empty nest
EDITOR’S NOTE: I asked Denise Dykstra of Martin if she’d like to write a column for Townbroadcast. This is her first entry, which she already had posted on Facebook: by…
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Yes It’s True: Joe Miller has been the Everyman Chief
It would extremely difficult to find a more popular public figure in these parts than the soon-to-be-retired Wayland Fire Chief Joe Miller. Just about everybody likes Joe. Well, evildoers and…
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Ranger Rick: What’s the deal about Memorial Day?
The readers who take exception to what I write about think I am out of touch. I am out of touch, I don't watch the news every day on all…
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Ramblin’ Road: I guess I’m just a sentimental old fluff
I cried at work today. Real, honest-to-goodness tears. Thankfully, I was alone. The South Haven High School Class of 2021 paraded through town today with a police escort. I don’t…
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Yes It’s True: Interviewers should just ‘let ’em play’
All this brouhaha about Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka declining to do interviews has brought me back to a conclusion I made a long time ago — the most overrated…
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One Small Voice: Let’s give history respect it deserves
“Hey, let’s go find us some monuments and learn us some history!” – utterer unknown. by Lynn Mandaville I don’t know the originator of the above, highly paraphrased line I…