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Opinion

IOHR is about to get even better with new boardwalk

Editorial

The Iron Ore Heritage Trail has proven to be a real gem of a local venue, attracting recreationers of all stripes. And it’s about to get even better, courtesy of a $218,000 Michigan Trust Fund grant and a fair amount of its own money. The funds will be used to construct a boardwalk in a ...

You’re getting warmer

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: As reported in the March 8 Mining Journal, February 2024 ended up the warmest month on record in terms of global average temperature, the ninth month in a row that this record has been set. Additionally, 2023 was the warmest year on record in terms of global average ...

‘Criminal immigrant’ canard

Columns

President Joe Biden chose to scrap a bit with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at the State of the Union -- a choice that should remind us of the old saw, “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” Greene has two modes: heckling and lying. This time, she was doing both ...

Ignore the calendar; warm weather driving is here

Editorial

The joggers and walkers are out in force, skate and longboarders are everywhere, bikers dart in and out of traffic and the calendar reads mid-March. Whether Superiorland and the region will get more snow is anyone’s guess. What is certain, however, is warm weather driving is here and now, ...

No, illegal immigrants did not build America

Columns

Joe Biden doesn’t have a problem with illegal immigrants. He’s made that clear in his shame-faced retreat from his impromptu use of the term “illegal” during his State of the Union address. He regrets using the offending word, doesn’t want to disrespect illegal immigrants and ...

Rep. Ken Buck’s sudden retirement another GOP mess

Columns

Ken Buck is fed up. The Republican lawmaker from eastern Colorado already announced (last November) that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term. But now that apparently is not soon enough. On Tuesday, he abruptly surprised many on Capitol Hill — particularly fellow ...