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Letters to the Editor

Stop bickering about the national debt ceiling

To the editor: Both parties are responsible for increases in the national debt between 2001 and 2021. The national debt increased by $21.884 trillion during that period. During the Bush and Trump presidencies, the debt increased by $12.575 trillion. During Obama’s presidency, it increased ...

Support higher pay for nurses

To the editor: The Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Justice Ministry strongly supports the Portage nurses in their negotiations for higher pay. We were surprised to learn that the nurses working for UPHS – Portage were the lowest paid in the Upper Peninsula. Kendra Benson, an ...

Choosing whom to love and serve

To the editor: I get to choose whom I will love and serve. Free will is both a good thing and can be a very evil thing. We can choose to love one another or be self-centered and love and worship wealth, power, celebrities and an endless list of other things and gods; from the sun to drugs ...

Need a new story

To the editor: Our everyday moods, interests, and feelings are largely determined by how well our present experiences match up with our currently favored “inner story” of how things ought to be. When things follow our inner script, we’re happy and hopeful. The unfolding inner stories ...

Calumet Post Office

To the editor: I must take issue with Cal Thomas’ editorial about the U.S. Postal Service. I have run a mail-order business from my home for over 20 years. I use the Calumet Post Office for all of my shipping. In all that time, they have never failed to make a delivery on ...

Country Music Jamboree

To the editor: The EB Holman Country Music Jamboree returned to the Houghton High School auditorium on October 9. After not having a show in 2020, there were a lot of people who were so excited to get back to great, live country music! The band Thunder and Lightning put on an awesome show ...