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US plays correct role in Ukraine

To the Journal editor: On Dec. 21, 1991, Russian President Boris Yeltsin announced the breakup of the Soviet Union into independent states, something he more than anyone had desired. Coming out of a meeting of national leaders in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, he said, “We are no longer forcibly bound by the chains of the center ... the center has been destroyed and the totalitarian communist system has been destroyed.” Three years later, in December 1994, the United States, the UK and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandums on Security Assurances. These agreements assured Ukraine of the ...

Remember Jan. 6 for what it was

To the Journal editor: The recent attempts to portray the January 6, 2021, riots at the Capital as “mostly peaceful chaos” and levy criticism at the justice applied to those involved are two of the worst examples of mass-produced dishonesty I have seen in my lifetime. True, tens of thousands of protesters at the capitol that day remained personally peaceful in their actions. However, it is a deplorable action to downplay the violence actions committed by hundreds of people that day by trying to emphasize the number of people who remained nonviolent. On Jan. 6, 2021, tens of ...

Learn about climate change

To the Journal editor: For some, March may bring to mind lucky four-leaf clovers. Others look to go green through how we plug into our electricity. Financial incentives are part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Rewiring America has a great tool (www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator) to help families save up to $1,800/year on energy bills by making electric upgrades. Check out Go Electric! guidebook (www.rewiringamerica.org/IRAguide.) Local and state thanks to: the Marquette City Commission for investing in EV vans, an electric lawn mower and installing EV chargers; state Rep. ...

Enjoying the dome

To the Journal editor: When we walk in our Superior Dome, we come in all shapes and sizes. Some of us are old, some are young, some in good health and others not, some challenges are great and others not. Some struggle and some do not. Some run; some walk; some need a cane; some come alone; some bring their friends; some need an escort and some push babies. And many show great perseverance and courage. Their circumstances vary but their reasons are the same —  their bodies or their doctors told them to exercise. When we are no longer 21 we need to avoid the potholes and ...

Plastic is forever

To the Journal editor: The world is producing twice as much plastic as two decades ago. Most of this is single-use plastic. You open a product and “throw away” the plastic, but one might ask, where does it go? Research shows that single-use plastic is ultimately landfilled, incinerated, or leaked into the environment. Wherever you go, there is plastic, and no one is taking responsibility for it — not the producer, not the consumers, not the waste handlers. Plastics are manufactured from fossil fuels — oil and natural gas. There is a link between global warming and ...

Good question posed

To the Journal editor: “How long, O Lord How Long?” a response from an advent litany my previous parish had used during the lighting of the advent candle has been resonating through my mind this past week. Based on Psalm 13, we have this text that is expressive in this short question: “How long, O Lord?” Scrolling through Facebook, TikTok, Google and other media sources, many are asking how much longer do we have to endure this violence? How many more schools? How many more students? How many more families broken? “How long, O Lord?” As a Christian minister in the ...