I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
State Senator and Republican Secretary of State candidate Michelle McManus from Lake Leelanau announced this week that she has signed on to the Mount Vernon Statement, a declaration of principles for right-wing groups intended to unify and strengthen the American conservative movement.
“This week, I’m excited to join tens of thousands of conservatives across this great land, including Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform; Ed Meese, former Attorney General under President Reagan; and Edwin Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation, in reaffirming my commitment to the conservative principles upon which our nation was founded,” McManus said in a letter paid for by her campaign.
The statement reads in part:
The conservatism of the Declaration asserts self-evident truths based on the laws of nature and nature’s God. It defends life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It traces authority to the consent of the governed. It recognizes man’s self-interest but also his capacity for virtue.
The conservatism of the Constitution limits government’s powers but ensures that government performs its proper job effectively. It refines popular will through the filter of representation. It provides checks and balances through the several branches of government and a federal republic.
It goes on to state that in order for conservatives to be successful as a political movement they must agree on a “Constitutional conservatism” that:
Applies the principle of limited government based on the rule of law to every proposal.
Honors the central place of individual liberty in American politics and life.
Encourages free enterprise, the individual entrepreneur, and economic reforms grounded in market solutions.
Supports America’s national interest in advancing freedom and opposing tyranny in the world and prudently considers what we can and should do to that end.
Informs conservatism’s firm defense of family, neighborhood, community, and faith.
Though the Mount Vernon statement emphasizes the importance of individual liberty, McManus recently introduced divorce legislation that some say will interfere with personal freedom by making it harder to end a marriage.
Earlier this month McManus was the sole sponsor of SB 1127, a bill that would require couples to obtain judicial approval of their reasons for seeking a divorce.
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