We, the leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan, are saddened by the news that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette has called upon its clergy to withhold baptism and other sacraments from persons who are trans, transgender and non-binary until they deny their personhood ...
The Upper Peninsula Regional Labor Federation is a non-profit organization of more than 25 unions and over 13,000 members who use their collective voice to advocate for public policies that benefit working families. We at the UPRLF read with interest and appreciated articles supporting the ...
The terrible toll of the pandemic—nearly 700,000 dead Americans and counting—is, in part, a result of our political divisions. Upwards of 25% of adult Americans won’t take the vaccine to save themselves or end the pandemic. CDC Director Walensky has said that COVID-19 is now “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” Those without the shot die at more than eleven times the rate of the vaccinated (CDC). If you look at a map of the states Donald Trump won in 2020, these are also the states where vaccine take-up is the lowest and COVID deaths are the highest (The New York Times). How ...
It is not an easy task to express my thoughts and feelings about our recent withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as we all knew it was coming sooner or later. Feelings of fear for our future on the world stage, anger about some mistakes that could have been easily avoided, deep disappointment ...
Perhaps the briefest version of the history of the Israeli Palestinian saga is a quick look at Wikipediae. However, my focus today is more about the future than it is about the past. In his brilliant essay (Washington Post, May14, 2021), Martin Indyx made the following assertion: “The U.S. ...
Deer harvest numbers in the Upper Peninsula have been dropping significantly in the past 20 years. In 2000, we harvested 98,000 deer across the U.P. In 2019 we harvested 31,000, which is 20% lower than in 2018. We recognize that hunter numbers have dropped (42%) while deer harvest numbers ...
