A recent letter to the editor asked if we (Americans? Yoopers?) are "gasoholics?" The writer explained how he recently purchased a Chevy EV pickup and is happily avoiding the volatile fuel prices of a declining petroleum resource, reducing his climate change impact and also the apparently ...

To the Journal editor: Dry pavements are now the lanes for those who walk and bike. The non-polluting means of getting around are less costly than driving. And if your lane took you out so far that you would like a ride back, try mass transit. Busses have bike racks. Cutting emissions for ...

To the Journal editor: April 19–25 is National Volunteer Appreciation Week, and at Michigan Veteran Homes D.J. Jacobetti, we proudly recognize and thank all of our volunteers, past and present. Their compassion, generosity, and dedication play a vital role in helping us provide an enhanced ...

Early in his political career, Mr. Trump remarked that he could “shoot” someone in the middle of Times Square and get away with it. It sounded ridiculously self-aggrandizing and absurd then. Today, I’m not sure! Since that crazy observation, Mr. Trump has had plenty of opportunity to test ...

“We don’t want to become the next Traverse City.” I’ve heard this my whole life living in the Upper Peninsula, but rarely does anyone explain what that actually means. At face value, it’s about rising housing costs and crowded streets. But those are symptoms. The real issue is a lack ...

To the Journal editor: Recently, The Mining Journal ran an article of the U.S. Forest Service closing all four of its research offices in Michigan. In the article, which described the positions using an acronym that to most suggested these people were in fact research scientists. A comment ...