Truth and loyalty

April 5, 2023

To the Journal editor: My parents’ moral foundation superseded loyalty to their son after I pocketed a chocolate bar when I was 6 years old. I confessed to the crime after I was cross-examined in my family’s court of law, I was convicted and sentenced. I had to apologize to the store owner in person and was grounded with extra duties. What if your brother committed a crime, would you turn him in? I bring this up because while on a solo cross country bike ride in the 1990’s, I unknowing met Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, on the road as I was heading out of Lincoln, ...

Local solution needed to issue?

April 4, 2023

To the Journal editor: At one time, stores had to do an inventory at the end of the year and fill out a form declaring the value of coolers, freezers, shelving, etc., as well as the inventory of merchandise. As of right now, none of that has to be done. A few years ago, the voters of Michigan voted that personal property could not be taxed. So, as far as being taxable, what ever is inside the store is not there. The store is empty. You may see a lot of items inside but they are not taxable as they are considered to be personal property. I’m not sure if a governmental unit could ...

New gun laws won’t help

April 3, 2023

To the Journal editor: The headline of an editorial in the March 30 edition of The Mining Journal posed the question of what can be done to stop school shootings, but went on to endorse legislation currently under consideration in the Michigan Legislature that will criminalize many, if not most, state gun owners and further erode the freedoms that are supposed to come with United States citizenship. Some of that legislation may, in fact, be unconstitutional. Those laws, if enacted, will not protect anyone any more than laws already on the books. Criminals ignore laws, no matter how ...

Follow the Lord’s way

April 1, 2023

To the Journal editor: How about some more good news as most of us know not to watch TV much. Seems they mostly tell us the bad things going on. More shootings and our people in Washington still not getting together for the good of the people. Also many drugs coming from Mexico. We have to stop all coming into the U.S. Try to help those who come in legally. So I just stay on the path of the Lord’s way. It’s Easter season so good news of Jesus overcoming death and a renewal for all of us to realize the gift of forgiveness and not live so much for the world way but His way is ...

Kudos to Dr. Tim

March 31, 2023

To the Journal editor: Dr. Tim Hunt from the Bayshore Veterinary Hospital in Harvey is an outstanding vet. He has a great staff who are so friendly and care about pets like he does. We have been going to Dr. Hunt for 25 to 30 years. He has taken excellent care of our pets. We appreciate everything he has done for us and our pets and the ones that have passed on. Junior, our dog, also thanks him for keeping him healthy.

US plays correct role in Ukraine

March 30, 2023

To the Journal editor: On Dec. 21, 1991, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced the breakup of the Soviet Union into independent states, something he more than anyone had desired. Coming out of a meeting of national leaders in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, he said, “We are no longer forcibly bound by the chains of the center ... the center has been destroyed and the totalitarian communist system has been destroyed.” Three years later, in December 1994, the United States, the UK and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandums on Security Assurances. These agreements assured Ukraine of the ...