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Enough is enough, this is personal

To the Journal editor: My wife, Valentyna, is a Ukrainian native. She knows firsthand the suffering of the Ukrainian people as they fight for the same freedoms Americans fought for in 1776 from another foreign tyrant. Valentyna's sister and niece live in occupied Ukraine. So, President Trump's latest announcement that he had made a deal with Putin, an enemy of our country, to purchase diesel fuel was a personal insult. How is it possible that Trump could do this? It was only a few weeks ago that he signed bipartisan legislation, named to honor Lindsey Graham, that sanctions countries ...

Economy bad, costs up, wages not

To the Journal editor: Lowest approval ratings yet on 84% of voters’ #1 issues: Economy and costs of living (Pew). People nationwide blame these on Trump’s tariffs and bad Domestic Policies. (Pew Research Center Oct. 8): Only 30% approve of Trump, 68% disapprove. Reuters/Ipsos (Oct. 5–6, 2026): Only 32% approve. This is after 22 months of total Republican majority control. Republicans voted him in and enabled his bad actions. Nobody can blame Joe, Obama or Hillary now. What else? Thirty-one percent of his own 2024 voters now disapprove of his foreign policy, Iran war, “job ...

Putin not to be trusted

To the Journal editor: A previous letter to the editor that I wrote two years ago dealt, in large part, with Russian President Putin and his relationship with our president. My comments then, and now, are based on 22 years that I served as a U.S. Army intelligence officer of which 17 years were assignments directly related to Russian activities. Putin has clearly stated that our democratic way of life and our alliances with other democracies is a threat to Russia and to his own authoritarian control. He has done, and will continue to do, anything to undermine our society and our way ...

Supports Sunshine Protection Act

To the Journal editor: I've lived and worked in Iron Mountain for 47 years and every winter I watch our kids lose the daylight. Here on central time, it's dark by 4:15 in December. A child gets off the bus and there's no light left for sledding, skating or a game in the yard. Four months indoors in front of a screen isn't good for anybody's health or mood. The Sunshine Protection Act would fix that by keeping us on Daylight Saving Time all year. The U.S. House passed it 308 to 117 this summer. It's stuck in the Senate because one senator, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, keeps blocking a ...

Electoral power

The cost of the corruption in Washington is coming out of our pockets. While gas prices skyrocket, rural clinics close, food is not safe to eat, health care premiums increase, AI steals millions of jobs, and data centers increase utility bills, our tax dollars are being used for lavish parades, jets, ballrooms, huge government contracts given to relatives and friends, and the war in Iran. Michigan has lost 12,000 manufacturing jobs in the past 18 months and the president’s wealth has grown by $2.2 billion. We need leaders who will hold corrupt people accountable and work hard to make ...

Before the first proposal

To the Journal editor: Nobody has proposed a data center or a reactor in the Upper Peninsula and nobody may. But the rules get set before any proposal arrives and that is when residents have the most say. So here is a question that costs nothing to ask now: if a nuclear project’s revenue falls short, what happens to its safety budget? First, what Washington is doing. On July 15 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed retiring ALARA, its rule that exposure be kept as low as reasonably achievable and replacing it with a graded approach built on thresholds and cost tests. The legal ...