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Beliefs challenged

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Did you vote for Trump to stop abortions? Then justify him killing over 1,000 civilians, with 180 children in Iran? They did not enlist! Did you believe his campaign lies including: “No more forever wars,” started unjustified Iran war. Trump’s I.C.E. killed Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Isaias Barboza, Keith Porter, Lorenzo Araujo, Joan Guerrero and 55 died in inhumane ICE detention.   Trump ordered illegal killings of over 200 Caribbean boaters and caused 57-83 deaths while illegally kidnapping Venezuelan Maduro. Thou shalt not kill. If his killing of ...

MSP reminds public it’s OK2SAY for safer schools

Editorial

The state's OK2SAY program — a means for reporting potential harm or criminal activities directed at students, school employees or schools — had a busy year in 2025, officials said. OK2SAY recorded 10,777 tips, its second-highest use volume since its 2014 start, Michigan State Police stated in a news release marking the release Tuesday of the 2025 OK2SAY Annual Report. The number highlights the vital role OK2SAY "plays in safeguarding Michigan's youth and fostering safer school environments," according to MSP. The goal of OK2SAY is to stop harmful behavior before it occurs by ...

Pentagon Pete Hegseth's new gender-affirming care won't win wars

Columns

PARIS — Just what the Department of Defense, which now self-identifies as the Department of War (pronouns: sir/yessir), needs: more testosterone. The Pentagon is apparently going to try winning 21st-century wars with 1980s-era action heroes. Because surely if the U.S. isn't sufficiently ...

Enbridge candidate contributions 

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Regarding upcoming elections, I would like to inform Michigan voters of candidate contributions by Enbridge Energy. In 2024, our current congressional representative, Jack Bergman, received $3,700 from Enbridge; John James, who is running for Michigan governor, received $5,002 from Enbridge. This information is from Open Secrets (opensecrets.org). Briefly, Enbridge is a Canadian energy company that wants to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac to house an ... existing pipeline, which carries oil and propane across Michigan to Ontario. Energy experts and ...

Weather can, does change in matter of minutes

Editorial

If Superiorland residents and visitors alike needed additional proof that area and regional weather patterns can change very quickly, that proof came early Monday evening in the form of a severe thunderstorm that passed through. The skies went from small patches of blue here and there to a light gray to dark gray and boiling, all in the space of less than 30 minutes. What followed in much of the central Upper Peninsula was a severe thunderstorm watch that switched to a warming to a tornado watch and warning. Rain came down in sheets and in downtown Marquette, lightning lit up the ...

What the latest wave of neo-Nazis says about us

Columns

WASHINGTON — On July 4, the nation's 250th anniversary, a mysterious group of young men in khaki pants, navy blue shirts, logoed baseball caps and white face masks surfaced in the capital, marching out of a downtown Metro subway station and into the news. By now they look oddly familiar, ...