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Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Rachel Marsden

Columns

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A 28-point peace plan to square away the war in Ukraine recently leaked, prompting meltdowns by those who have been fed the fantasy that Ukraine could beat Russia on the battlefield. The unofficial formula for Trump tackling any foreign policy question is almost ...

Tim Graham

Columns

After some Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol in 2021, the national media aggressively reported on people who showed disrespect for the Capitol Police and for the rule of law itself. They touted groups like "Sedition Hunters" who aided Biden's Justice Department in prosecuting Trump backers ...

Robert B. Reich

Columns

The shooting of two National Guard members by a gunman identified by the authorities as an Afghan national was horrific. But Trump's response has been disproportionate and bigoted. He vows to "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries." He intends to deport legal immigrants ...

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Star Parker

Columns

Rahm Emanuel wants to take leadership of the Democratic Party and capture its nomination for president in 2028. He shares his thoughts in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. It's the first time a Democrat has made me smile since President Bill Clinton announced in his 1996 State of the Union ...