The recent shenanigans of certain members of the Houghton County Board are but a microcosm of the deeds being perpetrated against fellow human beings by the Trumpist "christian" right wing nationalists all across the USA. They wish to force on us a policy that there are only two sexes, a man ...

I would simply like to extend my compliments to Spice Merchants. I recently placed an order with them over the phone, but could not pick up the order until the next day. They were most accommodating, and, due to the rather non-accommodating Christmas parking rules in town, they offered to run ...

On Dec. 9, I was in attendance in Houghton in opposition to a proposed resolution that would codify there being only two genders in Houghton county policies and public records. But I realized there that this really wasn't about transgender Americans or issues related to their public life. It ...

I was thinking about this holiday season and the division the country is experiencing due to identity politics. One research study by social psychologists found, “1 in 5 adults is estranged from a close relative due to political differences. One-third of American adults reported feeling ...

Zohran Mammdani was recently elected mayor of New York City. He ran a successful campaign advocating Democratic Socialist principles. Trump denounced him as a communist and instead tends to advocate unregulated capitalism as the best way to govern. Brief descriptions of these are: communism ...

Th the Journal editor: As I sat in church this past Sunday, I reflected on the two recent gun tragedies — one in Providence, Rhode Island and another in Australia — at a time of the Christian season of Advent and the Jewish season of the Festival of Lights. These horrific events should ...