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Time to build Line 5 tunnel

Letters To The Editor

No matter where you travel in Michigan, eastern Wisconsin or northeastern Minnesota, you will cross over rivers which drain into either Lakes Michigan, Huron, Superior or Erie. No matter where a pipeline is laid in these areas, the pipeline will cross over or under a river which drains into one of these lakes. In 2010, the Enbridge Line B6 pipeline spilled into the Kalamazoo River, which drains into Lake Michigan. This tragic accident brought much negative attention to Enbridge's Line 5, which crosses the Straits of Mackinac. This pipeline was built by Bechtel in 1953. Because it was ...

It's only a break in the weather

Editorial

Take it to the bank, our area is in for more snow this winter, perhaps much more, given how things have transpired to date. How much and when, of course, who knows? But it’s at least likely that we will continue to have these occasional minor meltdowns during the balance of the season. According to American Family Insurance, it's not too early to start thinking about spring driving challenges. In no particular order, AFI offers these general suggestions: • Look for leftover sand and salt Many towns use sand and salt to combat icy roads — which is great in winter weather. But ...

Lauds sports reporter, reporting

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Being a long time subscriber to The Mining Journal, I have enjoyed reading articles by your sports editor, Steve Brownlee. It amazes me how he can cover so many sports, at all levels and with such detail. His effort to recognize and report specific statistical information, while adding his personal touch and sense of humor, is impressive. In reading his articles, it seems Steve has a great relationship with coaches and other sports information contacts with those he reports on. I don't know how Steve can have any free time, with all the writing he does for The ...

SOTU showcases a gelded Congress

Columns

The president wasted no time getting to his lies. It started in the first minute, when he claimed that: "When I spoke in this chamber 12 months ago, I had just inherited a nation in crisis, with a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide-open border, horrendous recruitment for ...

My memories of the Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

Columns

When I first saw Jesse Jackson, like most Americans, it was on television. He was there when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. I later witnessed Jackson giving the commencement address at North Carolina Central University Law School where my sister Ruth was matriculating. My ...

The disgraceful ravings of Candace Owens

Columns

Joe McCarthy was famously undone by the rhetorical questions at a 1954 congressional hearing: "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" If the same queries were directed to Candace Owens at such a forum, she'd sail on unperturbed — since she has ...