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Opinion

City of Marquette moving in wrong direction

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: What do you use to power your life? I’m not talking about your morning coffee or a good night of rest. I’m referring to the source of your electricity. What powers your electronics and appliances? Is it clean, renewable energy, something that works to preserve the ...

Trump can’t stop backing down

Columns

Does it sometimes seem as though too many people have never learned the lessons of the schoolyard? If you capitulate to a bully, you will be bullied forever. If you stand up to him, he will back down. What's true on the playground is also true in the office, in politics and in international ...

Caution needed to stay safe on winter roadways

Editorial

“Drive slow in ice and snow.” It’s a catchy phrase we’ve become used to hearing. But warmer than normal weather may have put the pesky reality of wintry conditions out of our minds up until recently. According to the state of Michigan website, there were 202,232 crashes attributed to ...

American gestapo/American psycho

Columns

Last week, a half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, by spraying pepper spray into his eyes, pushing him to the ground, stealing his lawfully owned and carried handgun, and then shooting him nine times in ...

Big surprises in the 2030 census estimates

Editorial

About a month late, presumably due to last fall's government shutdown, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for July 1, 2025. It provides an interesting picture of what the country is, and is becoming, halfway through ...

Nation at dangerous point

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal Editor: Yes, we had a good thing going with our American democracy but we’re in danger of losing it! Perhaps there is at least one good thing to come out of the chaos that has been thrust upon us by the present administration in Washington. Yes, we are able to see and hear in ...