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State seeks public input on proposed firewood quarantine

Editorial

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is inviting Michigan stakeholders to provide comments on a proposed firewood quarantine. The proposed quarantine would restrict the movement of firewood originating outside the state of Michigan to help prevent the introduction and spread of more than 140 plant pests and diseases that can hitch a ride on untreated firewood. These plant pests and diseases include Asian longhorned beetle, oak wilt, beech bark disease and spotted lanternfly, which are pests that pose a serious threat to Michigan’s forests, agriculture and ...

He works for us

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: To the president of the United States: (Now that it's) 2026, I have a request and a reminder for what I hope will be a goal for you and your administration in 2026. A small background: I am a 70-year-old RN and a lifelong Democrat. I acknowledge and support the right and the necessity of people in this country, who have different opinions to have civil discourse and be able to work together for the betterment of this country. My request for you, Mr. President is to eliminate the coarse, juvenile and immature language you use when talking to or describing ...

Trump isn't interested in being honorable — he'd rather be feared

Columns

A decade ago, a famous and successful investor told me that "integrity lowers the cost of capital." We were talking about Donald Trump at the time, and this Wall Street wizard was explaining why then-candidate Trump had so much trouble borrowing money from domestic capital markets. His point ...

Why I teach and why I support Invest in MI Kids

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Every morning, I walk into my classroom and see the future, full of hope and possibility. My students are curious, creative, and capable of changing the world – they remind me every day why I became a teacher. I love my students, and I want them to have every opportunity to succeed. That’s why I support the ballot initiative Invest in MI Kids — because our students deserve classrooms that are fully funded, teachers who are supported, and schools that help every child thrive. Every year, teachers spend more of their meager salaries (on average climbing to ...

Seasonal motoring a challenge

Editorial

With the surge of snowfall in our area, we’d like to take a moment to remind our readers just how important it is to use caution when driving during winter in Superiorland. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website offers the following tips: • Slow down. It’s harder to control or stop your vehicle on a slick or snow-covered surface. In fact, in 2020, there were an estimated 119,000 police-reported crashes that occurred in wintry conditions. On the road, increase your following distance enough so that you’ll have plenty of time to stop for vehicles ahead of ...

The moral blackmailing of the American people

Columns

In Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech decrying the "ravages of mob law" throughout the land. Lincoln warned, in eerily prescient fashion, that the spread of a then-ascendant "mobocratic spirit" threatened to sever the "attachment of the People" ...