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Michigan police to step up speed enforcement in July

Editorial

Drivers should keep an eye on the speedometer this month and perhaps ease up on that gas pedal, as police agencies across Michigan will be watching for those exceeding the speed limit. To encourage safer travel this summer, the Michigan State Police, along with local and county police agencies, will carry out focused speed-enforcement patrols throughout July. Speeding is a leading and persistent contributor to deadly traffic crashes, MSP states in a news release. Drivers who choose to exceed safe speeds dramatically raise the risk of catastrophic collisions, endangering passengers, ...

NYC mayor Mamdani caves to the 'commiefication' of air conditioning

Columns

PARIS — In the end, he just couldn't help himself. The self-described "democratic socialist" mayor of New York City — the apparently ideologically confused crypto-commie, Zohran Mamdani — initially appeared to be on the verge of successfully resisting the authoritarian European ...

Dems need to take car keys away from Bernie

Columns

The Platner fiasco has unleashed something of a brawl in the Democratic Party over how the sexting candidate with a Nazi tattoo came to be their rival to Susan Collins, now in her 5th term as Republican senator from Maine. Bernie Sanders thought his socialists could pass off blue-collar ...

Opposes potential township move

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: For decades the Superior Watershed Partnership has considered Chocolay Township a regional leader in protective environmental planning and zoning. The township was one of the first in the Upper Peninsula to assist in developing a comprehensive watershed management plan for the Chocolay River and its many cold-water tributaries. Chocolay Township also worked with the SWP to develop one of the most effective riparian buffer ordinances in the Upper Peninsula (pretty impressive when you consider there are over 140 townships in the U.P.) A riparian buffer is the ...

State Adopt-A-Highway crews to do roadside cleanup this month

Editorial

It’s again time for groups of volunteers to walk along Michigan’s highways, graciously picking up the trash and other discarded items thoughtlessly left behind by others. Beginning Saturday, motorists should be on the lookout for bright yellow-green vests as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across Michigan for the second of three scheduled collections in 2026. The statewide pickup will continue through Sunday, July 19. Adopt-A-Highway is a Michigan Department of Transportation program designed to help keep the state’s roadsides and ditches clean and attractive. Participants ...

Mamdani has twisted view of America

Columns

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a Fourth of July message that sounded like America is on its death bed. Immigrant citizens standing on each side of him as he sat at a desk used by George Washington, were even more stoic. July Fourth is supposed to be a celebratory time. Not for ...