To The Journal editor: Behold! About 1.1 billion years ago, tectonic forces began to tear apart the future Great Lakes area and beyond. Rifting brought abundant volcanism and deposition of thousands of meters of basalt lava. Hydrothermal activity deposited abundant copper minerals within the ...

To the Journal editor: I feel our country’s founding ideals are lost in the attic of history, out of sight out of mind, while we disrespect each other drunk on today’s red or blue politically spiked Kool-Aid. Samuel believed in natural rights of the individual and of good government. ...

To the Journal editor: The city of Marquette has failed to sell off the Cliffs-Dow property again, this time as a veterans’ home. Even with the deep pockets of the federal government, it was decided that the Cliffs-Dow property, with all its toxic waste, would not be a safe property to ...

To the Journal editor: The late gospel singer Mandisa once sang that “We all bleed the same, so tell me why we’re divided.” That lyric has gained more and more meaning each day lately. As colleges across the country are engulfed in protests over Israel’s war with Hamas and invasion ...

To the Journal editor: Can you count? Hold that thought. Before you answer, here’s another question: When it comes to elections, does the money win? The simple answer is, yes. In most cases, anyways. In 2022, 93.65% of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were won by the ...

To the Journal editor: When politicians know they are powerless to fix a problem affecting their constituents and they have no meaningful answers when confronted, they revert to the time-tested process of forming a committee, board or council to give the appearance that something is being ...