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To the Journal eeditor: Every week, standard news cycles and social media algorithms urge us toward outrage, division and seeing those with whom we disagree as adversaries. In our deeply polarized culture, where everyone seems to be shouting and few are listening, we are constantly tempted to reduce our neighbors to political factions, demographics, or voting blocs. As a middle school literature teacher, I begin every lesson with an "I Can" statement—a clear, daily practice my students can carry out the door. Amid today’s political tension, our entire community could benefit from ...

IRS offers cybersecurity steps to protect tax data

Editorial

The Internal Revenue Service encourages taxpayers to take simple steps to strengthen online security during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which highlights the role everyone can play in protecting personal, financial and tax information from identity thieves and scammers. "Criminals continue to look for new ways to steal taxpayer information and exploit trusted partnerships," IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano said in a news release. "Taxpayers and tax professionals can help protect sensitive information and strengthen the security of the tax system by making cybersecurity ...

Trump's final humiliation of Lindsey Graham

Columns

Dear Lindsey, Your body had not long been in the grave when your pal Donald Trump made the anti-Russia legislation that carried your name a nullity. Wondering how you'd feel about this if you were around to see it. The whole point of your last decade of life was the belief (or was it a ...

Doctor: Breast cancer rates rising among younger women

Editorial

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Aspirus Health Care experts are warning that more women in their 20s, 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with breast cancer, reflecting a national trend that researchers are working to better understand. While breast cancer remains most common among older women, studies show rates are increasing among younger women, particularly those younger than 50. Researchers believe the trend is likely linked to several factors rather than a single cause, according to an Aspirus news release. Dr. Andrew Huang, radiation oncologist for Aspirus Cancer Care and ...

Politics clouds issue

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: A recent large political postcard reminded me of something I learned many years ago in a statistics course.  The statistic you get depends on the facts you use. The particular postcard was from the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee. It purports to list items where State Rep. Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, has increased our costs of living. The item that stood out was increasing the Michigan gas tax by 64 percent, hard to believe. But apparently he did vote yes on a bill, in a package of bills, that raised the state gas tax from 31 cents a gallon to 51 ...

Questions posed

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: If U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, ever does answer questions from the people he represents, I hope someone asks him these two: One, do you pledge to honor the results of the November election? And two, does it ever bother your conscience to report the lies, cruelty and corruption of the Trump administration? And, if the questioner has not, by then, gotten ushered out of the building by his security people, we could add, “What is your reaction to learning about military casualties in the Iran war, taking place, as they do, under a commander-in-chief who ...