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Focusing this week on farm safety, health

Editorial

It's harvest time and farmers already are dealing with the effects of record high diesel prices this fall as they try to get their crops in for the season. That's an added strain during an already high-stress time of year for what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls one of the most hazardous industries in the United States. This is National Farm Safety and Health Week, dedicated to understanding potential on-farm hazards and the measures needed to mitigate those risks, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development states in a news release. To ensure the ...

Many influencers are money-grubbing con artists

Columns

Not all of them. Some influencers simply want to persuade and perhaps help others better their lives or their community. Their subject could be politics, economics, music, health or fashion. But social media has become inundated with influencers who harm their devotees, some on purpose. Or ...

Corruption is contagious

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Corruption in politics generally means using elected office for private gain. We have seen stories of President Trump’s corruption in the news nearly every day. The fact that his reported income rose by more than $2 billion last year leads reasonable people to believe that he has gained personally from his position. President Trump’s scandals have been related to bribery, nepotism and cronyism, misappropriation of funding approved by Congress to serve his personal interests, extortion and accepting personal gifts that could influence governmental ...

Backing Ishpeming library millage

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: As a resident of the city of Ishpeming, I have long enjoyed the privilege of using many of the offerings of the Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library. I’ve enjoyed reading books I have checked out since I was a second grader who loved the Nancy Drew mysteries, and I still enjoy mysteries as well as other fiction and nonfiction books. The ICPL is able to make sure that I have a copy, either paper or digital, of just about any book I request, as there is a wonderful service called interlibrary loan as well as another called Libby, which provides ebooks. Besides ...

Don't look for a Bergman vs. Barr debate

Editorial

Mining Journal readers learned Wednesday that Callie Barr, the Democratic candidate for the First Congressional District seat held by Republican Jack Bergman, has officially challenged the incumbent to a debate or debates prior to the Nov. 3. Memo to Barr and her team: Good luck with that. Why? Because, quite simply, Bergman, who is a retired U.S. Marine lieutenant general and stalwart backer of President Donald Trump, has little or nothing to gain in a debate with Barr. Most political observers predict Bergman will best Barr without breaking the proverbial political sweat, so popular ...

While the world is on fire, the media are still obsessed with Israel

Columns

No one likes to think they're being hysterical. And nothing makes hysterical people angrier than being described as such. So, let me offer my apologies in advance for what follows. Jeremy Musighi, an independent researcher, recently released a study analyzing 14.7 million news articles ...