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Letters To The Editor

Real motive questioned

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old, U.S. citizen living in an open carry state, was shot 10 times and killed a by a U.S. Border Patrol agent or agents after being disarmed. Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, offered a chilling defense of the agents’ action, claiming that ...

State of siege in Minneapolis

Horrific and chilling describe the scenes in Minneapolis: a state of siege as 3,000 ICE agents — most wearing masks and carrying heavy rifles — patrol the streets of Minneapolis. American citizens are being threatened and asked for their papers. People peacefully exercising their First ...

A resolution to love

To the Journal editor: Here is perhaps a more appropriate, non-divisive, non-violence inciting resolution for the Houghton County Board of Commissioners, and perhaps all government officials, agencies and bureaus to make: Whereas the natural, perhaps god-created, biological human reproduction ...

Conduct questioned

To the Journal editor: The United States just “low profile” acknowledged the fifth anniversary of Trump’s attempt to overthrow our government. I’m compelled to ask readers this question: How are you feeling about how much further astray he has led our country since the ...

Put ICE on ice

To the Journal editor: I am horrified by what the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S.Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are doing this in this country and I believe that the majority of Americans do not support their brutal operations. We have an opportunity right now to ...

What we are seeing should be disturbing to everyone

On Jan. 7th, a masked ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old mother in her car in Minnesota as she tried to drive away. Renee Nicole Good was a mother of 3 children, who had just brought her 6-year-old son to his elementary school. Renee, a US citizen, born in the United States, was not under ...