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Writer promotes biblical worldview

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor, September is the third month since July 4, celebrating the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Making that declaration took a lot of courage. And knowledge. And faith. And wisdom for the future. Our Founding Fathers weren’t ignorant. They knew about the Protestant Reformation that began in Europe with Martin Luther, around Oct. 31, 1517. Fast forward to 1776. Thomas Jefferson and the others knew that according to the first chapters of Genesis, God created the earth and then He created mankind in His image to dwell in it. But Adam disobeyed ...

Discussion on data centers worth attending

Editorial

If there is one thing a community should not do when it is faced with a potentially significant development, it is wait until the decisions have already been made before asking questions. That is why Marquette County residents should make an effort to attend tonight’s community informational session on data centers, hosted by the Lake Superior Community Partnership from 6-7:30 p.m. at Peter White Public Library. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The subject may seem highly technical. Data centers are facilities built to house the computer systems and infrastructure that power an increasingly ...

How death penalty opponents share the blame for botched executions

Columns

"Botched" is a perfectly fine word for golf, cooking, or home repair. It seems inadequate for the taking of a life, even the life of Christa Pike, a heinous murderer. In 1996, a jury found Pike guilty of the torture and murder of her Jobs Corps classmate, Colleen Slemmer. Pike was sentenced ...

The central question of power in America

Columns

Behind this election's dominant issue of affordability lies the record concentration of wealth at the top of America. The richest 0.001% of Americans — a handful of extraordinarily wealthy men — now control more of the nation's wealth than at any time in modern history. To be sure, wealth ...

Making position known

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: On Nov. 3, Karl Bohnak and Anna Aho Rink will vie for citizen’s vote for the 109th seat for state representative . Saving rural health care is one of Anna’s main platform issues. Anna touts being an administrator at Planned Parenthood in Marquette for 17 years. When I challenged Anna on her role at Planned Parenthood and the fact that it was not “care” for the unborn baby, Anna stood behind her position. Indeed, she made her living from the “abortion care” industry at Planned Parenthood. Many people are not aware that abortion is legal in ...

Guest editorial

Editorial

Being a journalist isn’t a sure path to popularity. But we journalists don’t go into the profession to make new besties. Rather, to paraphrase William Shakespeare, we journalists have always suffered the slings and arrows of outraged people, and we still do. In recent years, however, it seems like individual journalists – not just their newspaper, broadcast or online outlet – are targets of snarky, snide, contemptuous, coarse and sometimes threatening remarks by people and institutions unhappy with how they do their jobs. President Donald Trump tells a Bloomberg News ...