No one loved a good story — apocryphal or not — more than the late bistro-owner Dusty Rhodes.
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A Time for Good Stories, Apocryphal or Not
January 16th, 2011 · 5 CommentsNo one loved a good story — apocryphal or not — more than the late bistro-owner Dusty Rhodes.
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The Solution is for Michigan to Win It Together
December 17th, 2010 · 3 CommentsIt will be a tough war, but I have a greater sense of confidence since the Common Sense Summit.
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Who Says Conservatives Don’t Have Values?
November 16th, 2010 · 2 CommentsTags: Rick Cole At Large
A Bombshell Awaits Michigan’s Next Governor
October 24th, 2010 · 5 CommentsAs the next governor deals with the state’s many crises, he faces a bombshell of inexperience everywhere he turns.
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Perfectly Designed to Produce Failure
September 14th, 2010 · 7 CommentsHear Rick Cole every Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. (repeated at 7:35 p.m.) with Internet radio host Walt Sorg at the new TalkLansing.net. Perfectly Designed to Produce Failure by Richard Cole September 16, 2010 It was 8:15 on a Thursday night. I called my daughter Rachel, 25, a third-year elementary school teacher living and working in [...]
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Gilt by Association
August 16th, 2010 · 6 CommentsHear Rick Cole every Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. (repeated at 7:35 p.m.) with Internet radio host Walt Sorg at the new TalkLansing.net. Gilt by Association by Richard Cole August 16, 2010 LANSING, MI — I usually don’t start my columns with a dateline (LANSING, MI), and it is a bit odd, I suppose, for me [...]
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Is It All Propaganda?
July 13th, 2010 · 1 CommentHear Rick Cole every Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. (repeated at 7:35 p.m.) with Internet radio host Walt Sorg at the new TalkLansing.net. Is It All Propaganda? by Richard Cole July 16, 2010 Not all academic conferences generate insights worthy of a discussion in more “practical” media like this. But as I reflect on the First [...]
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Why Baseball Needs Umpires
June 16th, 2010 · 2 CommentsHear Rick Cole every Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. (repeated at 7:35 p.m.) with Internet radio host Walt Sorg at the new TalkLansing.net. Why Baseball Needs Umpires by Richard Cole June 16, 2010 I don’t recall the kid’s name. Let’s call him Jason. Jason would be almost 50 today. But in 1972 he was only 10 [...]
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Kalamazoo’s Education Gene
May 16th, 2010 · 6 CommentsHear Rick Cole every Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. (repeated at 7:35 p.m.) with Internet radio host Walt Sorg at the new TalkLansing.net. Kalamazoo’s Education Gene by Richard Cole May 16, 2010 I hope President Obama doesn’t miss the most important point he could make at his June 10 commencement address to the students of Kalamazoo’s [...]
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Time to Get Off the Pot on Exports
April 18th, 2010 · 3 CommentsHear Rick Cole every Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. (repeated at 7:35 p.m.) with Internet radio host Walt Sorg at the new TalkLansing.net. Time to Get Off the Pot on Exports by Richard Cole April 16, 2010 I am not entirely sure I understand what I heard at a recent conference in Lansing. I know I [...]
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