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Editorial

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music to scrub your hands to

If you’ve been washing your hands regularly for the last few weeks, chances are you’ve grown tired of counting to twenty as you scrub down. Below is a list of songs with choruses of between 20 and 30 seconds. Practicing out loud to get the timing perfect is encouraged. Pharrell Williams - ...