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Opinion

Deadline Monday to nominate for state Veteran of the Year

Editorial

Know of someone in Michigan who has a record of outstanding service both in and out of the armed forces? The state wants to hear about that individual — but time is running out. Nominations for the 2026 Michigan Veteran of the Year are being accepted through Monday, June 15. This annual ...

Fraud ending

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: I must express my satisfaction that the biggest fraud perpetrated on the world, namely global warming/climate change, is ending. In deference to the true believers who asserted that the science is in, there is about 600 million years of carbon dioxide data (Berner ...

Here to ‘Help’

Columns

Politicians promise they'll "help" us. President Donald Trump says he'll "create the jobs and future you deserve." President Joe Biden liked to say, "Help is on the way." I prefer President Ronald Reagan's: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the ...

News not good for ticks

Columns

Although the warm weather is just starting in Superiorland, from what we're hearing, it's the worst season for ticks that anyone has seen. Tick season is in full swing and with it, the danger of contracting one of several nasty bacterial infections that are becoming all too common in the ...

America was much more of a mess at the bicentennial than it is today

Columns

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, America is in a pretty foul mood, and I understand why. For starters, Washington is broken, prices are high and rising and AI is scaring the stuffing out of people. Understanding, however, is not synonymous with ...

The true view from the East Wing

Columns

WASHINGTON — June 27 is coming up, the date of the 2024 debate when America watched Joe Biden tank the election to Donald Trump. Remember? It would be hard to forget Democrats' pain when we saw a ghostly Biden self-destruct and grope for words. Jill Biden tried to pretend otherwise, but the ...