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Letters To The Editor

Fact not fiction

To the Journal editor: Imagine that your wife and children can only watch as armed men in uniforms drag you to a waiting vehicle. They have no warrant and you will have no day in court. They will tell the news media that you belong to a criminal gang and that you are in the United States ...

Hands off

To the Journal editor: It’s been 10 years since Donald Trump entered the political landscape. It’s also been 10 years since I first started coming to the Upper Peninsula, a place that appealed to me because of the kindness and strength of Yoopers, and the vast and majestic beauty of Great ...

Trump badly missed mark

To the Journal editor: (Recently), I witnessed, televised from the Oval Office, perhaps the most deplorable example of diplomacy in American history. Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelinsky, was seeking renewed U.S. support in a three-year war of aggression against Ukraine by Russia, under ...

He who would be king

To the Journal editor: I used to be a Catholic. I drifted away after high school and college, but then returned to the church after some difficult times in large part due to an inspiring and compassionate Father Charlie here in Negaunee. I left the church again because of a not-so-inspiring ...

Musk, DOGE are out of control

To the Journal editor: DOGE is not a department; it is an extension of the executive branch attempting to circumvent the limits on presidential authority. The creation of a U.S. government department or agency requires at least four things: 1) legislative oversight 2) a narrow set of ...

Trump out of line

To the Journal editor: Wow, what did I just watch! A U.S. president doing a commercial for a car company, on the White House driveway!? And who stood with him? The car company’s owner and his 4-year-old son. Just another example of how far this president will go to new and his supporters. ...