To the Journal editor: Mr. Anderson, you are inaccurate in accusing me that I “ignore all the other ways innocent and vulnerable life is taken or harmed (and) is not in keeping with being a Christian.” I am active in many ministries beyond “merely” abortion, but I believe the death of ...
To the Journal editor: At a recent community event at the new UPAWS facility, the Literacy Legacy Fund of Michigan provided a second financial gift to initiate the Read to Your Shelter Pet Program in Marquette County. A successful pilot brought third-grade students to the shelter in the ...
Uncertain future cited To the Journal editor: What will bring on the next “Great Extinction Event?” Global warming? Sea level rise? A wayward asteroid? Maybe Yellowstone will blow its top and bury us all under a cloak of volcanic ash? The signs are there: Carbon dioxide is through the ...
To the Journal editor: Forest fires in the Amazon, Hurricane Dorian, are these enough to motivate us to act? Imagine a string that raps around your house, down your hallways, through your rooms. That long line represents the amount of time that people have been on earth. Pinch the string ...
To the Journal editor: The directors of the 906 Warrior Relief Fund would like to thank the American Legion Post 349 in Little Lake, all of the golfers, businesses, individuals and volunteers that participated, sponsored holes and/or donated. This year we have surpassed all expectations and ...
To the Journal editor: It is my expectation that President Trump is going to do all of us a big favor and decide some time in early-to-mid-2020 not to run for re-election partly because of a likely slow-down in the economy. When that happens, I hope that the Republicans will nominate ...
To the Journal editor: The economic engine of iron and steel is responsible for more than 115,000 jobs in Michigan, paying a total of nearly $8 billion in wages and salaries annually, while generating $29 billion in industry output and $3 billion in federal, state and local taxes. The steel ...
To the Journal editor: I recently read a book called “Cemeteries of the Stars.” It was about when and how they died and where they were buried. Lots of them had money, fame and large homes, etc. Also, a lot of them died rather young from bad habits, smoking, alcohol and drugs. Seems ...
To the Journal editor: Addressing global food shortage, “The good news is that we already know what we have to do. We just have to figure out how to do it.” From the May 2014 National Geographic, page 46/ Jim Richardson. As humans we think we can fix it. And as we go about “fixing ...
To the Journal editor: In D. Michael Carriere’s recent letter to the editor, he agrees with the assertion in my earlier op-ed that racism is an evil that should be called out by people of all faiths. Michael then advocates from a Biblical point of view that the primary focus of the pro-life ...
To the Journal editor: Boy, if you wanted a president who can’t remember what he says from day to day, I should have run. TIMOTHY ACOCKS SR. Munising
To the Journal editor: If Donald Trump says he “is the chosen one,” is he the anti-Christ? RUSS KANGAS Marquette
To the Journal editor: It’s time for Congress to begin a formal impeachment inquiry. I can arrive at no other conclusion after Robert Mueller’s testimony to Congress. Mueller did his job. Now it’s on Congress to do theirs. Trump may lie, but the evidence does not, and Mueller found ...
To the Journal editor: Those of us who live in the Upper Peninsula, no matter our political leanings, care about the Great Lakes. The latest move by the EPA is to approve a proposed large, open-pit ore mine in the U.P. near the Menominee River in spite of objections from Michigan regulators ...
To the Journal editor: After the Civil War, Congress enacted the Freedmen Bureau to assist America’s four million new black citizens. What meant the most to landless ex-slaves was that the bureau acted to seize former plantation lands and divide them among the freedmen in modest parcels ...
To the Journal editor: UPPCO’s agreement with Chandler Solar Project LLC to install a 125-megawatt solar farm is a big step in the right direction. Carbon-neutral power generation already pays and renewables will become even more competitive if Congress passes a price on carbon. Rep. ...
Mine isn’t done deal To the Journal editor: The Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River Inc. filed suit in Michigan state court contesting the signing of the “Wetlands Permit” which contains 28 pages of single-spaced “conditions” to be met by Aquila before the permit is valid. The ...
Climate change real To the Journal editor: In your Sunday, Aug. 11 issue, you printed an editorial entitled “Climate change getting harder to deny, ignore.” I want to thank The Mining Journal for publishing this opinion to draw attention to the urgent action needed to slow this ...
To the Journal editor: What is the best way to deal with a 3rd grade playground bully, who talks like a drunk on a bar stool, screaming at the TV? You can either ignore him or snap a number 9 up along side his right ear. For those of you who think I am talking about something measured in ...
To the Journal editor: There are a lot of voters who are wary of the president’s policies. They don’t hate him but do not feel he is really doing us a lot of good. As to the unemployment of Hispanic and African Americans, do you know any? Families you invite to your house? I do, and ...