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Continuing bad decisions

CBS released the full transcript of Norah O’Donnell’s interview with President Trump for the television show “60 Minutes” on Nov. 2. As he often does, the president made up numbers that have no basis in reality and pretended they are facts. This is one example of a statement he made in the "60 Minutes" interview regarding the United States military blowing up boats in the Caribbean: “Every single boat that you see that's shot down kills 25,000 on drugs and destroys families all over our country.” This year there have been at least 12 boats bombed by our military. Using the ...

Marine birthday marked

On Monday, Nov. 10, we honor 250 years of U.S. Marine Corps distinction, tracing back to the founding at Tun Tavern in 1775, where a few determined individuals established a legacy of honor, courage and commitment that continues to unite us today. From the Revolutionary War and world wars, the frozen expanse of the Chosin Reservoir to the sun-drenched terrain of Iwo Jima and from the halls of Montezuma to Tripoli’s shores, Marines have served bravely across countless battlefields since that initial gathering two and a half centuries ago. Over generations, countless men and women have ...

Rural hospitals are the beating heart of Michigan’s health transformation

To the Journal editor: Distance defines daily life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — from where your children go to school to how far it is to the nearest emergency room. For our communities, the local hospital isn’t just a building. It’s a lifeline, providing emergency care, maternity services, behavioral health support and good jobs that keep our local economy strong. That’s why the new Rural Health Transformation Program is such an important opportunity to stabilize and modernize rural healthcare. As the Market CEO of UP Health System, which includes Marquette, Bell and ...

Who gets what in America

To the Journal editor: I shake my head whenever I hear that we cannot afford SNAP benefits and ACA allowances after passing the monstrous bill that makes the rich much richer. I laugh when I hear Trump’s supporters boast that he does not take a salary. Full annual presidential salary and expenses are $569,000 while Trump’s golf trips from Jan. 20 to March 29 amount to $26,127,531. Figures are not publicly made available after March 29 but each golfing trip is estimated to cost $3.4 million. In addition,Trump went to the Daytona 500 estimated at $5 million and the Super Bowl ...

Great things happening at Gwinn schools

I have three grandchildren attending three different Marquette County schools. I see the good and not so good in each school. The Gwinn School District is an amazing school. Gwinn students are doing great things. In reading comments about the Bond Proposal, I read questions concerning future growth of the community and school. Marquette County’s future housing needs are becoming land locked. Please talk with a realtor. You will find that a school systems with excellent community support draws families. With a new school Gwinn has excellent potential for increased future school ...

War on drugs a failure

To the Journal editor: The issue with Venezuela is another extension of Prohibition or a tale of the failure of the War on Drugs. In other words, if only we have regime change in Venezuela, then we will have peace in our land and the scourge of drugs lessened. However, this ignores that fentanyl doesn’t come from Venezuela. No doubt, Venezuela is a narco-state, but haven’t we learned the lessons from Prohibition? It fails and it is never-ending, costly, futile and dangerous to the populace and law enforcement. So now, the Trump administration’s solution is to militarize the War ...