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Barr takes issue with Journal editorial

To the Journal editor: You wrote in your editorial published on Sept. 24, “Don’t look for a Bergman vs. Barr debate": “The mathematics of past elections should tell you most First Congressional District voters care little or not at all where Bergman lives, be it Watersmeet, Louisiana, or the surface of the moon… There is no reason we know of to think anything has changed there for the 2026 midterms.” Since I’ve launched this campaign, I’ve criss-crossed the district, meeting folks who clamor to tell me about what’s changing in their lives and their communities, and how ...

Time to hate wolves – again?

To the Journal editor: In the Sept. 21 (edition of the) Daily Mining Gazette (Houghton) I read of legislation proposed in the State House to require hunting and trapping of gray wolves in Michigan, if and when the species is removed from the federal list of endangered species. This is not the first time, and probably not the last, for such a proposal. What is new, of course, is that voters go to the polls in another month and will see the names of the sponsor and co-sponsor, respectively, of the proposed bill - state representatives Dave Prestin, R-Cedar River and Greg Markkanen, ...

Enough is enough

To the Journal editor: When will American voters finally say “Enough is enough?" Are they really OK with the Trump family slurping up billions of dollars off connections to power? Bitcoin anyone? Do they truly believe that voting by mail is rife with fraud? There have been more Jan. 6 pardoned insurrectionists rearrested in the past year than fraudulent voters arrested in the past 20 years. How long will they accept Trump’s stonewalling of the release of the Epstein files as required by the law he signed? There are millions of pages still to be released and much of what has been ...

Writer promotes biblical worldview

To the Journal editor, September is the third month since July 4, celebrating the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Making that declaration took a lot of courage. And knowledge. And faith. And wisdom for the future. Our Founding Fathers weren’t ignorant. They knew about the Protestant Reformation that began in Europe with Martin Luther, around Oct. 31, 1517. Fast forward to 1776. Thomas Jefferson and the others knew that according to the first chapters of Genesis, God created the earth and then He created mankind in His image to dwell in it. But Adam disobeyed ...

Making position known

To the Journal editor: On Nov. 3, Karl Bohnak and Anna Aho Rink will vie for citizen’s vote for the 109th seat for state representative . Saving rural health care is one of Anna’s main platform issues. Anna touts being an administrator at Planned Parenthood in Marquette for 17 years. When I challenged Anna on her role at Planned Parenthood and the fact that it was not “care” for the unborn baby, Anna stood behind her position. Indeed, she made her living from the “abortion care” industry at Planned Parenthood. Many people are not aware that abortion is legal in ...

Know why your society is in chaos?

To the Journal editor: The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that, in a closed system, entropy—or disorder—increases over time. As a political metaphor, this principle can be used to describe the effects of leftist policy: not because progressives consciously seek disorder, but because many of their preferred policies weaken the institutions, incentives, and social norms that impose structure on collective life. In a free society, millions of economically empowered individuals make decisions according to their own rational self-interest. Like Adam Smith’s invisible hand, these ...