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Letter to the Editor: Michigan State Senator Mike Shirkey
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Letter to the Editor: Michigan State Senator Mike Shirkey

Dear Editor, This election process was full of robust lessons, and its results equally as much. In the aftermath of Tuesday’s huge sweeping victory for President-elect Trump, my observations have crystallized. I have watched all the talking heads trying to analyze what just happened, rationalize why they and most polls were wrong, and, most disturbingly,...

Keep discourse civil
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Keep discourse civil

Long time CBS news anchor Dan Rather has described the 2016 campaign season as “a dumpster fire of an election.” And in the wake of America choosing Hillary Clinton/Trump to be its 45th president, many Americans will be adding more garbage to that fire with their Facebook statuses and tweets. Don’t be one of them....

How can conservatives recover from Trump?
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How can conservatives recover from Trump?

We elected a man with the soul of a tyrant. Donald Trump has consistently shown it throughout his public record. His personal life is repugnant. He has behaved with total dishonor throughout this entire campaign. He has used his fortune to move the levers of power to crush ordinary Americans and accumulate even more wealth....

The silent majority has spoken
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The silent majority has spoken

The pundits were wrong. The pollsters were definitely wrong. Remember Nate Silver’s infallible one chance in three? Wrong. Or Larry Sabato’s 322 electoral college victory for Clinton? Wrong. They were all wrong: the media, the analysts, and most importantly, the ever so smug political elite. As the election kicked off with meaningful statistics in the...