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Opinion

New Year’s American spirit resolution?

Letters To The Editor

I was thinking about this holiday season and the division the country is experiencing due to identity politics. One research study by social psychologists found, “1 in 5 adults is estranged from a close relative due to political differences. One-third of American adults reported feeling ...

Fight or flee: A tale of two congresswomen

Columns

Marjorie Taylor Greene's early exit from Congress reveals that her tough-broad persona was very much an act. After she angered Donald Trump by demanding release of the Epstein files, she became target of the slings, arrows and threats unleashed by the president and his enforcers. Her ...

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign starts

Editorial

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of State Patrol is joining law enforcement agencies across the nation in a unified effort to get impaired drivers off the roads this holiday season. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign kicked off this week, boosting efforts to educate ...

Democratic socialism?

Letters To The Editor

Zohran Mammdani was recently elected mayor of New York City. He ran a successful campaign advocating Democratic Socialist principles. Trump denounced him as a communist and instead tends to advocate unregulated capitalism as the best way to govern. Brief descriptions of these are: communism ...

Reflections on Bondi Beach

Columns

When I go to synagogue, I always smile and wave at the armed police officers stationed outside. I want them to know they're appreciated, but also, at some level, I guess it's fair to say that I'm trying to ingratiate myself so that the cop will want to put his or her life on the line to save us ...

Still time to donate to 2025 Christmas Cheer Club

Editorial

There's still time, albeit not much, to help kids and families through the 2025 Mining Journal Christmas Cheer Club. The annual Cheer Club campaign, in which toys and other items are given to local needy children and families, is obviously starting to wind down. Christmas is less than week ...