It’s easy to forget one’s blessings and to forgo giving thanks at this, or any, time of the year. If one looks around, especially in the areas of politics and international relations, the news does seem to be unrelentingly bad, doesn’t it? In no particular order then, political parties ...
To the Journal editor: My husband and I recently took a tour of our Marquette County Landfill and Recycling Center. The tour gave us an up close and personal view of how the items we recycle each week are sorted and processed. We realized how important it is for us to recycle items that would ...
To the Journal editor: We don't hear whining coming from the babies who've died of starvation, or children who've died from a preventable disease or moans from those who've died of/from painful acute and chronic untreated ailments that were treated in a now shuttered hospital when health ...
The chaotic confrontation in Dearborn, Michigan (recently) — when a demonstrator attempted to burn a Qur'an and Muslim counter-protesters surged — was more than a brief flash of drama. Along with other recent controversies in Arab-majority Dearborn, such as when the Muslim mayor told a ...
With family and friends gathering Thursday for Thanksgiving, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development encourages Michiganders to keep food safety top of mind during the holiday week. Simple steps to ensure a successful holiday feast free of food borne illnesses ...
To the Journal editor: That statement was heard multiple times from Nazis during the Nuremburg trials after World War II as a defense to allegations that Nazi soldiers had committed war crimes. On Nov. 20, a half dozen veterans publicly reminded active duty military personnel that the U.S. ...