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Opinion

Trump needs a remedial history lesson on regime change

Columns

On Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan caused the United States to enter World War II. We must remember that Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor was due to an expansionist Japan, U.S. economic sanctions, and the U.S. disrupting the ability of the Japanese to acquire oil (among other natural resources). ...

Ever again

Columns

How many more Jews must die before the world wakes up and does something about it? Maybe that's the problem: the world doesn't want to wake up as too many people are fine with hating Jews. The murder of at least 15 Jewish Hanukkah celebrants and the wounding of many more in Australia last week ...

Not too late to spend money locally

Editorial

The Mining Journal Editorial Board typically uses this space on several occasions during the holiday season to remind local shoppers to strongly consider local businesses when plgying the role of Santa Claus. That's because for a lot of retailers, the holiday buying season represents a ...

GOP House missed mark

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Please check out what our Republican State House did in Lansing (recently) They cancelled almost $645 million in work projects that were approved and ongoing into 2026. Speaker Matt Hall said "not all of them were waste, abuse and fraud." I wish he would show at least ...

How Christmas will steal the Trump

Columns

Trump gave what was billed as a "Christmas speech" in rural Pennsylvania last week that began with his "wishing each and every one of you a very merry Christmas, happy New Year, all of that stuff" and boasting that now, under his presidency, "everybody's saying 'merry Christmas' again." Then ...

Living in Lockdown USA

Columns

"Just FYI if you're seeing the news right now, I'm totally safe," a son enrolled at Brown University texted me. "I've been home for a few hours now and wasn't there when stuff started to happen. Seems to be some crazy shooting near brown." What?! I turned on CNN and saw the quaint streets of ...