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Michigan Man to Hold ‘Town Hall’ Opposing Transfer of GTMO Detainees

By | 08.19.09 | 12:17 pm

The recent news that the Obama administration is considering sending some Guantanamo detainees to a maximum-security prison in Michigan, plus all the attention to recent “town hall” events on health care around the country, has spurred a local Standish, Mich., restaurant owner to hold a town More…

A Soldier’s Unnecessary Retreat

By | 10.03.08 | 6:30 am

BIRMINGHAM, Mich.– Battleground no more.

For the past several months, the Republican and Democratic nominees for president have targeted this fading center of the Rust Belt, with its 17 electoral votes, as a winnable state — part of each party’s electoral strategy to take the White House.

Now, that plan More…