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Opinion

Weathering the price of gasoline

Editorial

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 ...

The Tale of the Fisherman and his Wife

Letters To The Editor

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 ...

Who is monitoring the debt?

Columns

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 ...

Lyme disease season just starting

Editorial

We trust Mining Journal readers on Monday took note of a front page story detailing that experts predict the upcoming warm season is going to be bad as far as Lyme disease is concerned. According to the state of Michigan, Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is ...

We lost one of the great grumps this week

Columns

In every school, work or personal gathering, you need at least one grump for the group to thrive. Grumps do the work that no one else will. When everyone else is being mercilessly upbeat, they swim against the tide and complain. The grump may follow your inane rules — but grudgingly, oh, ...

Voting Rights ruling will promote corrupt electoral maps

Columns

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. cautiously praised the hard-won Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a "great step forward" toward removing obstacles that kept Black Americans from voting. It was. But this week, in striking down a voter redistricting map in Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken ...