×

Letters To The Editor

One’s liberty ends when others in danger

To the Journal editor: I recently saw a sign on a local business proclaiming, “Liberty is worth dying for!” Given the timing of when this sign appeared, I suspect that the specific liberty being referred to in this case probably has something to do with resentment against mandates for ...

Today is Equal Pay Day

To the Journal editor: This day recognizes the gender pay gap. It takes women this long to make up the difference in pay between what men earned the previous year and what women were paid for the same work. Reportedly, women working full time, on average, earned 82% of what men are paid. If ...

Former president, many in his party, are, by definition, traitors

To the Journal editor: The definition of “traitor” is “a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc.” I believe a former president who lied, and is still lying, about the results of the last election, leading to an attack on our Capitol, is a traitor. I also believe that ...

Climate change remains threat to human well-being, the future

To the Journal editor: In late February, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its latest report highlighting the growing threat posed by human-caused climate change and the urgent need to take meaningful action to prevent a continued warming of the Earth as ...

NATO and Ukraine pose challenges

To the Journal editor: It has been suggested that Ukraine should now be admitted to NATO and/or NATO should declare a no-fly ZONE over that embattled country. After the fall of the Soviet Union, several Eastern European countries chose to join NATO. Article 5 of the alliance states that an ...

Best wolf management needed

To the Journal editor: Federal protections for wolves in most of the US, including Michigan, were restored following a recent court decision.While the Michigan Department of Natural Resources took a conservative approach to wolf management, Michigan wolves do not exist in isolation. One ...