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Opinion

Farmers markets offer many positives

Editorial

Maybe it's just our appreciation for freshly grown produce, great music and artisan goods, but we believe area farmers markets provide a nice accent to living in this area. One of the largest and most robust of the markets — and there are more than handful — takes place in the Marquette ...

Organized religion in trouble

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: And I must tell you, with great respect for the effort being displayed, this thing is over. Mainline protestantism has been bleeding out since 1965 and has not yet had the decency to acknowledge the wound. The Methodists split over homosexuality like a ...

What the end of Viktor Orban means for the New Right

Columns

Viktor Orban, the proudly "illiberal" prime minister of Hungary, beloved by various New Right nationalists and MAGA American intellectuals, was crushed at the polls this (past) weekend. Over the last decade or so, Hungary became for the New Right what Sweden or Cuba were to the Old Left. For ...

A week for those who handle emergency calls

Editorial

This week recognizes the people behind the calm, steady response when reporting an emergency. Their vital contributions are the focus of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week that runs through Sunday, according to the State 911 Committee. “Let’s take a moment to honor the ...

Opposes forest management plans

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: I am very disturbed by changes the Trump administration has proposed for management of our National Forests. These include transferring the headquarters of the Forest Service from Washington D.C. to Utah, closing regional Forest Service headquarters, and shutting down ...

Why Democrats should shun Hasan Piker

Columns

Hasan Piker, the far-left streamer, is having a bit of a moment. Democrats are quarreling over whether he should be kept at arm's length. What kind of opinionator is Piker? He said in 2019 that the United States "deserved 9/11." When someone challenged him online about his anti-Israel rants, ...