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Opinion

Pumping up prices: Don’t believe everything you hear

Columns

The price of gas keeps rising. “The reason for that is because of Putin’s war,” said President Joe Biden. But that’s impossible. Most of the price rise came before Putin attacked Ukraine. So some politicians simply blame “corporate greed.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse accuses the ...

Waiver good but continue digging

Editorial

Sometimes it’s what’s not said that catches the attention. Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency announced last week that more than 55,000 claimants will not have to pay back approximately $431 million in federal pandemic unemployment benefits — overpayment benefits that the agency ...

The law and racism

Columns

The overt racism and anti-Semitism written in the Buffalo shooter’s 180-page “manifesto” has been rightly denounced by civilized people. The usual questions are being asked. These include how did he get the gun after he was admitted to a hospital last year for symptoms of mental ...

Dear Annie: Is forgiveness necessary for healing?

Columns

Dear Annie: I’d like to offer an alternative perspective on your advice to “Trying To Heal,” who is finding it hard to forgive her abusive mother. I would argue quite strongly, and from experience, that forgiveness isn’t necessary to healing. Trying To Heal is under absolutely zero ...

Community should support farmers markets

Editorial

Do your health and your community a favor by visiting the first market of the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market’s 23rd season to find some locally grown items and to support area farmers and other product producers. The kickoff market will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at The Commons in ...