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Career in law enforcement not for everyone

Editorial

In a world that is increasingly more and more technical, it's not easy for young people these days to chose a viable career that's likely to maintain itself for years into the future. And the building prominence of artificial intelligence only complicates the decision-making process for many. That's chief among reasons a program offered by the Michigan State Police and Gogebic Community College is so intriguing. MSP and GCC will give young people the opportunity to explore careers in law enforcement in a five-day academy set for June 7-12 at the Ironwood school. According to an MSP ...

Our savings matter, but this bipartisan push misses mark

Columns

President Donald Trump and Congress want to help you increase your savings. And you should. At the household level, saving is the foundation of financial security and the seed capital for a better retirement. At the economy-wide level, savings fund investment that expands the capital stock, ...

FDA has spoken on the abortion pill — case closed

Columns

The Supreme Court has just restored a woman's ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least for now. A lower court had tried to tighten that easy access by requiring patients to consult with a licensed clinician in person before acquiring the ...

The Dark Age of Trump

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: America has always been a beacon of hope for the world, known for its openness, tolerance, love of freedom, religious pluralism and global stability. But under President Trump, we have become a nation that shuns immigrants, destroys alliances, embraces protectionism and has become an undependable ally. You can trash talk your friends for only so long. Forgotten are the 80 years of shared sacrifice with our allies in facing down common enemies like the Soviet Union. Now, our closest allies increasingly see us as a global threat (Politico). This belligerence ...

Students step up to underscore Barnes-Hecker memories

Editorial

Hats off to a group — actually two groups — of high school students from the west end for investing time and effort to keep memories alive of a tragedy that took place a century ago. Earlier this week, National Honor Society members from Ishpeming High School traveled to the Ishpeming Cemetery to clean the graves of miners who died in the Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster. Students from Westwood High School will be cleaning graves next week. Both efforts are a part of a number of events leading up to the 100th anniversary of the disaster in November. Because it was on Nov. 3, 1926, that ...

Some MAGA loyalists have turned on Trump; why the rest haven't

Columns

I recently watched "A Face in the Crowd" for the umpteenth time. I had a better reason than procrastination to rewatch Elia Kazan's brilliant 1957 film exploring populism in the television age. It was homework. I was asked to discuss it with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz at the ...