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Weathering the price of gasoline

Editorial

As motorists in Superiorland and just about everywhere know, the price of gasoline has gone through the roof in recent days and weeks. In some areas of the state, the cost for a gallon of regular no lead has jumped the better part of a buck, to $4.85 or more. It isn’t quite that bad in this area but what we’re paying is close. And no one knows when costs might decrease. Everyone is asking why? Like most things federal government, big business and even bigger money, the answer is complicated and fraught with politics. Start with the war with Iran. It isn’t helping anything. ...

Who is monitoring the debt?

Columns

People of a certain age will recall a lyric from the Tennessee Ernie Ford song "Sixteen Tons": "Another day older and deeper in debt." I thought of that song as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth asked Congress to approve a $1.5 trillion budget for fiscal year 2027 to put the military on what he ...

The Tale of the Fisherman and his Wife

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: The Grimms Brothers' fairy "Tale of the Fisherman and his Wife" came to mind when I recently reflected on the war in Iran. I loved that story as a child and years later, dutifully read it to my children at bedtime. In this classic tale, a poor fisherman lives in a hovel near the sea and catches a magic fish. His wife pesters him to ask the magic fish for a bigger house, then a mansion, then to be a king, then emperor, then pope. The fish grants all these wishes. But when the greedy wife asked the fish to make her "equal to God," the fish cast them back into their ...

Voting Rights ruling will promote corrupt electoral maps

Columns

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. cautiously praised the hard-won Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a "great step forward" toward removing obstacles that kept Black Americans from voting. It was. But this week, in striking down a voter redistricting map in Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken ...

Lyme disease season just starting

Editorial

We trust Mining Journal readers on Monday took note of a front page story detailing that experts predict the upcoming warm season is going to be bad as far as Lyme disease is concerned. According to the state of Michigan, Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted by the blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick. It is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States and it is spreading across the state of Michigan. Typical clinical signs include flu-like symptoms however, if left untreated may spread to joints, the heart ...

We lost one of the great grumps this week

Columns

In every school, work or personal gathering, you need at least one grump for the group to thrive. Grumps do the work that no one else will. When everyone else is being mercilessly upbeat, they swim against the tide and complain. The grump may follow your inane rules — but grudgingly, oh, ...