Letters To The Editor

Are we going backward?

To the Journal editor: I recently obtained a copy of the "Health Officer's Record of Dangerous Diseases" for Tilden Township, Marquette County, covering a period 1909-1946. The number of children who contracted diseases like diptheria, whooping cough, mumps, chicken pox, measles, small pox and polio was sobering, especially now, when medical science has developed vaccines to prevent such diseases and anti-vaccine purveyors spout misinformation causing many parents to not have their children vaccinated. Upon further realization that Tilden Township is one of 19 townships in Marquette ...

Nothing but the truth

Loud is just loud, nothing more. It doesn't change the truth. Lies are just lies, nothing more. They don't change the truth. A gut feeling is just a warning of a possible upset stomach coming, nothing more. The truth is always there, unchanging, waiting to be recognized and used by reasonable people.

Both teams were winners

To the Journal editor: I had the privilege recently of attending the Marquette Sentinels football team versus the Gaylord Blue Devils at Gaylord’s high school stadium.  It was an unforgettable game for several reasons, one of which was witnessing a highly competitive football game where there were no losers. The final score in the second overtime was Gaylord 28, Marquette 27. Gaylord prevented a fourth down Marquette winning score from the 2-yard line by about an inch from the goal line when the Sentinels’ runner was forced out of bounds with 6 seconds remaining on the game ...

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Two-party system obsolete?

Those who say the two-party system is simply obsolete are ignoring the facts that we need a healthy government and opposition. The two-party system provides the pillars of ‘government’ and ‘opposition.’ Similarly, just as there are three branches of government that each check each other. There are two parties checking each other from positions of power or opposition. Though, there can be gross abuses of this arrangement (e.g., investigating political enemies, the Jan. 6th insurrection). While other countries have multi-party systems, America has a tradition of a two-party ...

Where are the town halls?

Dear the Journal editor: (It's) very interesting that U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, will be at Belgiumtown in Stephenson on Sept. 27 for a fundraiser. Bergman has visited the Upper Peninsula on numerous occasions in the past months for fundraising and meet-and-greets. How many town halls has he shown up for? The last town hall Bergman held with us in the U.P., his constituents, was in 2017. Why would you support someone who doesn’t listen to you?