Curt MacRae

Coldwater

Columnist at WTVB-AM (Coldwater, MI)

I rant, I write opinion pieces about my rants, for the Coldwater Daily Reporter, and other publications. Most can be viewed at https://t.co/x6E9lcDnSM.

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Rants by Mac: What do you think now?

1 week ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

In this spot, May 19, I made an offer to readers of this column (https://wtvbam.com/2025/05/19/800172/). I offered this:For a reader who would like to refute the criticisms I’ve made of the Trump administration over the past few months, or who simply wants to present “the other side,” email me and let me know. I will reserve a column in the next 30 days where I will print your opinion, un-edited, and without judgment. If more than one reader steps up, we’ll figure out a solution.
Rants by Mac: What do you think?

2 weeks ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

I have written since college, often as therapy, exploring facts and pointing out the absurdities I find in life. My writing forces me to consider the topics I explore, to do the research to ensure a thorough understanding, and then to present those observations as opinion. The resulting work is intended to offer a view that readers may support or refute, but in either event, the hope is to invite dialogue. Now you get your chance; read on.
Rants by Mac: What do you think?

2 weeks ago | wincountry.com | Curt MacRae

I have written since college, often as therapy, exploring facts and pointing out the absurdities I find in life. My writing forces me to consider the topics I explore, to do the research to ensure a thorough understanding, and then to present those observations as opinion. The resulting work is intended to offer a view that readers may support or refute, but in either event, the hope is to invite dialogue. Now you get your chance; read on.
Rants by Mac: Somebody’s Gotta Say It

1 month ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

Let’s stop pretending this is normal. Trump in papal regalia — the image was created by AI, but it was shared by President Donald J. Trump over the weekend on his social media site and then reposted by the White House on X. Pope Francis died April 21. And we are not embarrassed? I can’t count the times I’ve thought “No, that’s not real” only to find out it is. Is nothing off limits?
Rants by Mac: Heading to the White House for dinner

1 month ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

President Donald Trump’s meme coin surged more than 60% in one day last week, after an announcement of “the most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the world,” where the top 220 purchasers of $TRUMP were offered a private dinner with the president. I never dreamed that my thorough knowledge of the meme coin industry, coupled with being able to quickly sell my Mickey Mantle Rookie card and my wife’s VW bug, would allow me to buy enough Trump coin to win.
Rants by Mac: Only the weak will fail…

2 months ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

Donald Trump imposed his precious tariffs this week and when the stock market predictably crashed, and when trading “partners” predictably placed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, and as costs to all consumers for almost all products begin to rise, Trump’s response, “Only the weak will fail.” Then he went golfing. Maybe he meant that only the POOR will fail. It was a revealing comment, emblematic of an ideology that rewards the rich and powerful while ignoring, or even punishing.
Rants by Mac: Only the weak will fail…

2 months ago | wincountry.com | Curt MacRae

Donald Trump imposed his precious tariffs this week and when the stock market predictably crashed, and when trading “partners” predictably placed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, and as costs to all consumers for almost all products begin to rise, Trump’s response, “Only the weak will fail.” Then he went golfing. Maybe he meant that only the POOR will fail. It was a revealing comment, emblematic of an ideology that rewards the rich and powerful while ignoring, or even punishing.
Rants by Mac: The North Estate…

2 months ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

It is being reported as the biggest thing to hit Canada since Wayne Gretzky. In an astonishing geopolitical development that has stunned political analysts and overwhelmed social media, Canada has officially taken steps to annex several northern U.S. states, beginning with the renaming of those states as new provinces within the U.S. neighbor to the north.
Rants by Mac: The North Estate…

2 months ago | wincountry.com | Curt MacRae

It is being reported as the biggest thing to hit Canada since Wayne Gretzky. In an astonishing geopolitical development that has stunned political analysts and overwhelmed social media, Canada has officially taken steps to annex several northern U.S. states, beginning with the renaming of those states as new provinces within the U.S. neighbor to the north.
Rants by Mac: I messed up; I’ll do better

2 months ago | wtvbam.com | Curt MacRae

I messed up; I’ll do better. Wouldn’t that have been easy? Isn’t that what you wanted to hear? In the wake of the recent security breach involving leaked war plans on a group chat, what if the participants had simply said, “I messed up; I’ll do better, and it won’t happen again.” This whole mess would have blown over by now. When Mac Jr. was eight, he had already learned not to blame the sun in his eyes when he dropped a fly ball. By ten, he had learned to catch fly balls.