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Opinion

Guard against porch pirates this holiday season

Editorial

Online retail spending is expected to reach new record this holiday season, going well past $250 billion. Which will mean a lot of deliveries. With that in mind, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel urges consumers to take proactive steps to protect their packages from theft as part of her ...

Christmas season a time of joy

Letters To The Editor

To The Journal editor: Winter is with us, some snow and soon Christmas Day. Just try to slow down and enjoy the real meaning of Christmas, the birth of God’s son, Jesus, a better way to live your life. Being older, I remember we enjoyed the real Christmas. As we know, it’s very ...

Pardoning the unpardonable

Columns

Media reports say President Biden is about to issue a slew of blanket pre-emptive pardons for people associated with his administration to thwart any “revenge” the incoming Trump administration might take against them. While the Founders intended presidential power to be nearly unlimited ...

Practice safe holiday decorating

Editorial

The holidays are supposed to be a time for joy, but they can quickly turn to tragedy without the right precautions. Candles and Christmas lights can start fires. Artificial snow sprays can irritate your lungs. A man in California just died hanging Christmas lights when he threw the lights ...

IHS girls from ‘74 were champions

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Fifty years ago (last) Friday, Dec. 6, 1974, the Ishpeming High School girls basketball team brought  home the school’s first Class B Regional Championship trophy by beating West Iron County, 42-36, at Escanaba High School. The team members are: Seniors:  Marge ...

Why did Biden not keep his promise?

Columns

Just once. Just once amid all the times that reporters asked President Joe Biden whether he would give a pardon to his son Hunter, who was facing a possible federal prison sentence, I wish I could have heard jolly Joe give the sort of response that the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley ...