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Never forget 9/11

To the Journal editor: Like many Americans, I was devastated by the loss of nearly three thousand lives at the destruction of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. I was 17 that day and it felt like the world was ending. In many ways, it did. Our culture, security measures, our opinions on Islam and our very notion of who we were as a nation changed forever. Twenty-five years and two wars later, New York has a proud Muslim mayor and Abdul El-Sayed is a strong front runner for Senate in Michgan. As 42 year old me pondered the meaning of this amid increasingly hateful rhetoric, I ...

Which one sounds like us?

To the Journal editor: Everybody up here knows the drill. You come over a rise in a whiteout and there’s a car nose-down in the ditch. You stop. You pull them out, or you sit with them until somebody with a chain shows up. Nobody asks where they’re from. Nobody sends a bill. Next time it’s your car. They do the same thing at the Soo, across an international border. Sault Ste. Marie has been one town with a line through it since 1817. The two cities keep a fire mutual-aid agreement, renegotiated in 2023. Between 1998 and 2022, firefighters from the Canadian side crossed the bridge ...

What do you want from government?

To the Journal editor: “Project 2020” was often criticized by progressives as a blueprint for expanding executive power and reshaping federal institutions. Yet there is a striking inconsistency in that criticism: many of the same voices which denounced the document’s existence seem unwilling to acknowledge the absence of a comparably comprehensive, publicly debated governing blueprint from the modern left. If one side is condemned for explaining what it would do with power, why is the other side not held to the same standard? At its core, Project 2020 presented ideas associated ...

Terrorist attacks contemplated

To the Journal editor: As I attempt to comprehend the implications of the Sept. 11, terrorist attack on the United States, I wonder if this event will be remembered as the psychological beginning of the 21st century. The world for Americans changed with this tragic event. As we look back on the past two years, events that occurred before last Tuesday may seem more like a continuation of the optimistic and innocent 1990s than part of the harsher realities of the new century. At this point, it is too early to predict what will occur next. However, there are some questions that should be ...

Backing Aho Rink in rep race

To the Journal editor: I am supporting Anna Aho Rink for state representative for the simple reason that she cares about all residents of the 109th District, unlike the incumbent whose true allegiance is to his party and the MAGA-aligned agenda of culture war and helping the wealthy prosper. Anna's focus, on the other hand, addresses the current economic struggle faced by so many in our community who cannot afford the rising costs of food, housing, basic healthcare and the other essentials of life. Anna is hometown, born and raised in Marquette, attended Marquette High School and has ...

America’s Occam’s razor principle

To the Journal editor: Occam’s razor is a philosophical principle, that when “several” explanations fit the facts equally well, the simplest one is usually preferable or correct. America is terribly divided, so bad that some citizens and politicians view fellow citizens as the enemy of the state just because they belong to an opposing party, ideology, or religion. Our Founders’ faced horrible division, but how did they unite “The People”? Hold that thought. At the grass root level, I feel American citizens have the same needs and wants: Providing police and courts ...