Marching in local parades with “Yoopers for Ukraine,” I was profoundly struck by large spontaneous outbursts of applause at the Chassell Strawberry Festival, the many eager takers of the Ukrainian flags we passed out at the Parade of Nations, and most recently the proud sight of the ...
A huge thank-you to the Keweenaw Area Community Foundation for approving a grant to the Dan Schmitt Gift of Music and Education Fund. Through “Funding Youth Initiatives” we were able to offer free music lessons at the Calumet Art Center for 23 students for the months of November, December, ...
Foot pain is a funny thing, although those so afflicted aren’t laughing. It’s hard to rest your foot while going about your normal routine. Pain from this appendage can appear in many forms, cloaked in all manner of strange sensations. Many are confused about what constitutes pain, assuming ...
Editor’s note: This column is the first in a series about artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and medicine. Several weeks ago I received an urgent call from my son Danny who is a Computer Science student. “Daddy, the world is about to change drastically,” he said, “it could be a ...
When Calumet and Hecla Mining Company President Alexander Agassiz selected James MacNaughton to superintend the mining properties in Houghton County, his intention was to employ college-trained men who embraced modern methods to make the Michigan holdings a modern enterprise. MacNaughton’s ...
During World War II, we needed something to hold us together. Folk singer Paul Robson came to the rescue with the perfect choral work, “What is an American?” and left us with the most patriotic explanation that still is heard today – a well needed explanation that we should very much sing ...