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Opinion

When it comes to holiday shopping, think local

Editorial

Thanksgiving officially kicks off the holiday season, which runs through New Year’s Day. The community will transition from turkeys and autumn colors to Christmas trees and red-and-green color schemes. Of course, the holiday season brings good cheer, goodwill and the willingness to give ...

Trump’s ‘kakistocracy’ invites possible catastrophe

Columns

“Kakistocracy” is trending again. The obscure term, coined as early as the seventeenth century and defined by Merriam-Webster as “government by the worst people,” has surged on Google Trends since the election. What does government by the worst look like? To the cynical, that ...

AAA advises how to avoid problems with holiday travel

Editorial

Planning to hit the highways for Thanksgiving? If so, you won’t be alone. AAA expects record-breaking travel numbers this Thanksgiving –an estimated 71.7 million Americans. Which means likely more motorists stuck on the roadside as well. AAA estimates more than 570,000 will have some type ...

Don’t pardon Hunter

Columns

While all eyes are on Mar-a-Lago and the goons Trump is nominating to besmirch high government offices, there is another potential threat looming to the rule of law, and it comes not from MAGAworld but from the sitting president. I’m referring to the possibility that President Joe Biden might ...

Christmas Cheer Club is the most wonderful time of the year

Editorial

Friday marked the beginning of the Mining Journal’s annual Cheer Club fundraiser. The yearly holiday initiative sees people from all around the community donate new, unwrapped toys and financial donations to donate to the Salvation Army of Marquette County and St. Vincent de Paul for ...

To vet or not to vet

Columns

There is a reason the Founders wrote Article 2, section 2 and clause 2 into the U.S. Constitution. They gave power to the president to nominate people to high office, but that power was not absolute. It limited a president’s authority by giving the Senate the power to advise and consent to ...