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Hillsdale’s preschools offer variety of educational opportunities
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Hillsdale’s preschools offer variety of educational opportunities

  Parents in the Hillsdale area have a wide variety of options when it comes to choosing the education for their preschool-aged children. More than five preschools are located in Hillsdale, each of which offers a unique educational and developmental program. Among these are Mary Randall Preschool – a laboratory school that offers a theme-based...

Winner-take-all system is a loss for democracy
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Winner-take-all system is a loss for democracy

Democracy in America lost when the winner-take-all system became a fundamental part of the electoral process. With only two states — Maine and Nebraska — proportionally represented, our nation has been taken over by the duopoly we know as the two-party system. In the winner-take-all system, electoral college delegates cast all their votes for whichever...

Johnson gains more votes, supporters than last run
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Johnson gains more votes, supporters than last run

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson won nearly four percent of the vote in Michigan Tuesday, despite, four years ago, running as a write-in candidate and capturing less than 1 percent in the Great Lakes state. Early Wednesday morning, election results showed Johnson was well under the five percent national popular vote threshold that would...

Gary Johnson presents a third choice
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Gary Johnson presents a third choice

DETROIT — “Be libertarian with me.” That was the theme of presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s rally at the Cobo Center Friday. The Libertarian Party nominee jogged onto the stage in his jeans and sneakers to highlight key platform issues such as immigration and gay rights, while emphasizing his integrity and personal connection with voters and...