Who are we? When I was 20 years old, I fell in love for a while with a man from Ethiopia. Despite, perhaps because of, our outward differences, we were amazed to find that our dreams for the world were identical. We were contemplating marriage until he told me of some of his traditions that ...

Houghton County Board Editor: It seems our commissioners do what they please with our tax dollars: the purchase of the church property on Sharon Ave without any public input. Now they want to spend more money to tear it down without any public input. Is there any sense to this with this kind ...

Editor: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! "Patrick Henry spoke these words (Virginia Convention, 1775), but the orator just as well might be a Ukrainian viewing the latest "peace-plan" "contrived"( I do not ...

Keweenaw International Children's Festival Editor: The board of the Elaine Bacon Literacy Program would like to thank the many international and local people and organizations who made Saturday's first ever Keweenaw International Children's Festival at the Portage Lake District Library a ...

New Jail, rinse, repeat Editor: We have been dealing with the seemingly non stop new jail conversation for some years now. Might I suggest part of the problem is the transperancy into our local legal issues or lack of over the years. We used to see regular police & courts that gave an ...

Clarity from Canada Editor: Very often, people in this country do not see clearly that which is so obvious to non-Americans. The following offers two quotes from a famous modern author from Canada. The author eloquently and succinctly states the obvious: "The unthinkable is made real not ...