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One Small Voice: Spins won’t alter truth about virus

“The science should not stand in the way of this,” said Kayleigh McEnany at a recent press conference where she was responding to questions about children returning to school amid…

Editor July 24, 2020

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Yes It’s True: Thank Army Bob for his job well done

“Politics makes strange bedfellows” — Adapted from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. This time honored phrase is perhaps the best way to describe my relationship of eight years with Robert…

Editor July 23, 2020

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Army Bob: Will left learn from the history of crime?

by Robert M. Traxler In Portland, Oregon, peaceful nonviolent protesters set up barricades to keep people in the building housing a police union headquarters, and then set it on fire.…

Editor July 23, 2020

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Ranger Rick: For the Times, They Are A-Changin’

As you age, things that were so clear when you were younger become clearer or muddied, depending on your perspective. I became a conservative after being a Democrat for many…

Editor July 21, 2020

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Swedish Rye Bread a great choice for making Reubens

by Kathy Hamman Miller Grandma’s Recipes slot of times called for a pinch of this, a dash of that, or mix it until the dough looks right. These kind of…

Editor July 20, 2020

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Ramblin’ Road: Mundane, but peaceful life camping

by Phyllis McCrossin We are still here. I guess that means we are here (at this campground) for the duration. It’s interesting to see the campers come and go. Big…

Editor July 19, 2020

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Yes It’s True: Cross country has least risk from COVID

So the Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced the bold and hopeful move to permit fall high school sports to proceed. Indeed, such a decision can be controversial because…

Editor July 17, 2020

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Army Bob: Defunding police likely to cause more crime

by Robert M. Traxler The police, mostly in large cities run by Democrats, are going into “badge defilade,” and who could blame them? Two police officers were shot to death…

Editor July 16, 2020

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Basura: So Trump ‘aced’ a simple cognitive screen

A butterfly, Fluttered by, And landed on a daisy, The sun is high, And so am I, This wine is makin’ me lazy. — Commander Cody and The Lost Planet…

Editor July 15, 2020

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Ranger Rick: All lives, or just black lives that matter?

Last Sunday in Indianapolis, Jessica Doty Whitaker was shot and killed from an altercation with BLM thugs who were upset she and her fiancé had said "All Lives Matter." Eventually…

Editor July 14, 2020