Hats off to a group — actually two groups — of high school students from the west end for investing time and effort to keep memories alive of a tragedy that took place a century ago. Earlier this week, National Honor Society members from Ishpeming High School traveled to the Ishpeming ...
To the Journal editor: America has always been a beacon of hope for the world, known for its openness, tolerance, love of freedom, religious pluralism and global stability. But under President Trump, we have become a nation that shuns immigrants, destroys alliances, embraces protectionism and ...
I recently watched "A Face in the Crowd" for the umpteenth time. I had a better reason than procrastination to rewatch Elia Kazan's brilliant 1957 film exploring populism in the television age. It was homework. I was asked to discuss it with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz at the ...
As motorists in Superiorland and just about everywhere know, the price of gasoline has gone through the roof in recent days and weeks. In some areas of the state, the cost for a gallon of regular no lead has jumped the better part of a buck, to $4.85 or more. It isn’t quite that bad in this ...
To the Journal editor: The Grimms Brothers' fairy "Tale of the Fisherman and his Wife" came to mind when I recently reflected on the war in Iran. I loved that story as a child and years later, dutifully read it to my children at bedtime. In this classic tale, a poor fisherman lives in a hovel ...
People of a certain age will recall a lyric from the Tennessee Ernie Ford song "Sixteen Tons": "Another day older and deeper in debt." I thought of that song as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth asked Congress to approve a $1.5 trillion budget for fiscal year 2027 to put the military on what he ...