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Letters To The Editor

Great Lakes pipeline disaster would dwarf Huntington Beach spill

To the Journal editor: Aging oil pipelines in Huntington Beach, California and the Straits of Mackinac are beyond their expected safe lifetimes. Both are run by companies with histories of safety breaches and both have anchor strikes occurring from the busy shipping lanes above the ...

LaFave the answer?

To the Journal editor: If Beau LaFave can’t find his guns, why should he be (Michigan) Secretary of State?

Christmas effort starts

To the Journal editor: It is that time of year again Marquette County, the Marine Corps League Lake Superior Detachment 764 has officially kicked off the 2021 Toys For Tots Campaign. We will be running our campaign from the beginning of October until Dec. 13. Local businesses already are ...

Brutal history cited

To the Journal editor: I appreciated seeing The Mining Journal’s coverage of the Indigenous People’s Day events held at Northern Michigan University on Monday. At the same time, it was disheartening to see repeated references to Oct. 11 as Columbus Day in many media outlets, with little ...

Three questions posed

To the Journal editor: Yesterday I saw a squirrel get run over by a car. It raisesthree questions.. Pro-Life religion: Pro-life followers believe life begins at conception and accents Bible verses like Psalm 119:13 which state God lovingly “knits us together in our mother’s womb.” ...

People of USA need to help each other

To the Journal editor: Fall is in the air. Time to enjoy the colored leaves and not have to worry about bugs and the hot, humid weather. Nice to have a change. Also hope that the people of our USA will try to help and care for each other. If not, it’s not going to be pleasant in the days ...