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We Americans don’t really have freedom of speech
"Now you free speech boys have your fun now, but after November Fifth, ya'll through." — George Wallace on the presidential campaign trail in 1968. ACHTUNG: This is not a…
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We can’t stop bullying by worshipping at altar of violence
ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. "A bowl a day keeps the bullies away." — TV advertisement in the 1970s…
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So who benefits from continuing a divided America?
“You know, I laid out a doctrine. You just got to know it still stands. It says, ‘Either you’re with us, either you love freedom, and with nations which embrace…
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We Americans ask for and get negative news reports
ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of town Nobody OD'ed, nobody…
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Watson’s rejection of dispensary ordinance based on fear
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history…
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The Dorr Township political circus is back in business
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Have the Dorr Contras regained their chops and renewed their quest to control Dorr…
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Legalized recruiting is ruining high school athletics
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Remember the University of Michigan’s “Fab Five” in basketball two decades ago? I thought…
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I agree with a timid proposal to increase term limits
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. I was shocked — shocked I tell you — when I learned recently that…
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There must be 5 ways to cut the U.S. budget deficit
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Singer-songwriter Paul Simon 40 years ago had a hit record with “Fifty Ways to…
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Coach Darrin Smith’s decision didn’t resolve anything
ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. I'm aware this won’t do any good, but I hereby resolutely urge Hopkins boys’…