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Schools will look different this fall

School, both public and private, will be quite different this fall. In many states, classrooms that normally would have been open by mid-August will not be occupied until September or October, if then. Whether the education process for millions of children will involve in-person teaching or “distance learning,” both public and private schools will have to do things that cost more money than in a normal year. Having students in school will require health safeguards such as social distancing, possibly use of face masks and screening to keep children from bringing COVID-19 to ...

Why we celebrate Fourth of July

This past Independence Day weekend, we Americans celebrated and renewed our commitment to the values set forth in 1776 by leaders who felt it was important to explain why our ancestors no longer wanted to live under British rule. Why? Read the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. It is a clear explanation of Americans’ insistence on the rights of individuals: “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness ...” ...

Trying times hit everyone

These last three months have been very trying for the country as a whole. Here at the Daily Mining Gazette, we have suffered alongside you the reader. Obviously, not in the same way, but it has led to some issues which we hope to have under control soon. One the biggest, and most consistent complaints we have been getting in the past few weeks has revolved around the crossword puzzle situation. We apologize for all of the confusion created by the issue to this point. With the coronavirus pandemic hitting at the end of February, we shut our doors to customers while other businesses ...

The press still fulfills its obligation

On Wednesday morning, the Daily Mining Gazette received a phone call from a reader, expressing her appreciation and extending her thanks on a series of articles the DMG published last week regarding a Houghton retail outlet that received much attention from the Houghton County prosecuting attorney. It is articles such as these, the caller said, that allow the voters to make informed decisions at the ballot box when it comes for elections. For the Daily Mining Gazette, this call was a breath of fresh air. The caller did not criticize the DMG for taking sides in some politically-based ...

On what basis is the law?

The Founding Fathers realized that a free press was absolutely crucial to a constitutional democracy. Because of this, the press possesses the absolute obligation to monitor the activity of government and inform the public as to those activities. It because of this absolute obligation that the Daily Mining Gazette feels compelled to call upon the Houghton County Prosecuting Attorney, Brittany Bulleit, to justify her actions involving just one business, in the city of Houghton, which she singled out on the basis of an article she read. When Mike and Stacy Kowalczyk opened their Houghton ...

Cooler heads must prevail

On Tuesday, Bridge (bridgemi.com) reported that a security officer in Flint was shot in the back of the head Friday. He later died from his injuries. The story goes on to explain that Calvin Munerlyn was shot because he was doing his job. In this latest case of COVID-19 panic, Munerlyn, who served as a security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, told a female customer of the store that she needed to wear a mask if she wished to continue shopping at the store. Ignoring him, the customer continued to shop, leading Munerlyn to tell a cashier at the store not to serve the ...