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So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all ... — Galatians 6: 9-10a Dear friends and neighbors, No doubt you have heard some or much of what is happening in Minnesota. And perhaps you have drawn some conclusions about who is to blame for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I write this in an effort to help you understand why Minnesotans are protesting the actions of ICE. It has been said that if you want to understand another person’s ...

Caution urged when buying and using home pesticides

Editorial

Got a problem with pests in the home? Be careful about what you choose to use as a treatment, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development warn. The two departments recommend avoiding purchasing unregistered pesticides containing dichlorvos, including two in particular with the brand names “Sniper” and “Nopest.” Despite their potentially harmful health effects, Sniper and Nopest remain available for purchase via online marketplaces, where they are marketed as insecticides for home use, MDHHS and MDARD advised ...

Beware the bully promising a 'soft touch'

Columns

For casual observers of U.S. politics, an interview President Donald Trump gave last Wednesday to "NBC Nightly News" might have suggested a change of tone in the federal government's standoff in Minnesota. Speaking of the brute-force operations federal agents have conducted there rounding up ...

Trump focuses on foreign policy, voters worry about cost of living

Editorial

President Donald Trump kicked off his midterm campaign travel with a bipolar economy: huge growth but plummeting consumer confidence. How he navigates that tension will determine how badly Republicans fare this fall. This was the president’s message in Iowa: “Our economy is booming. Incomes are rising. Investment is soaring. Inflation has been defeated. Our border is closed.” There are good metrics to lean on. The economy grew at an annualized 4.4% rate in the third quarter. Inflation, while still above the 2% target, has slowed dramatically, with prices rising 2.7% year over ...

Senators doing job

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Many thanks to our two U.S. Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, for voting down the budget package (recently) that gave more money to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S.Customs and Border Patrol and that did not add critical restrictions to those two agencies. The other five of six budgets were voted on separately and have been passed, so the rest of the government will be funded for the remainder of the year. The Department of Homeland Security budget, which includes funding for ICE and CBP, was given a two week extension and will be ...

'Once Upon a Time' is a place we can find again

Columns

"Where is the good news?" my son asked the other day, the kind of simple question that can only come from a child. Obvious, sensical, trusting. He still believes in our essential goodness and still wants to know about humanity's small kindnesses and large achievements. We had been ...