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Letters to the Editor

Sour grapes

To the editor: In the 8-20-20 edition of the DMG, the headline story was about how disappointed three republican representatives from the U.P. were about not getting any people from the U.P. on Michigan’s new Redistricting Commission. Why does it matter what part of the state the people ...

Judging a book too quickly

To the editor: Too many people are what Lenin called “useful idiots” for condoning his radicalism. Like the Marxists, they emphasize group identities (“oppressors” vs. “victims”), not individual acts. Thirty years ago, when he was interviewed on 20/20 (ABC), jazz musician Miles ...

Fascism in America

To the editor: Welcome to fascist America. The sending of uninvited, unidentified, camouflaged-wearing Federal troops to quell a peaceful protest is the hallmark of a fascist/Nazi tactic. And the clueless president is threatening to do more of the same. Clearly, with an election coming up, ...

Courage and conscience

To the editor: Irina Ratushinskaya, a citizen of Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union, was arrested as a dissident in 1983 and imprisoned with a few other women political activists for several years. Her book, “Grey Is the Color of Hope,“ written in 1989, is a celebration of the ...

The sign of the times

To the editor: The prolific yard signs seen on Broad Street speak to an unprecedented interest in political outcomes as our election nears. Regrettably, we have seen an unusual amount of yard signs pilfered off of citizens private property. Can anyone guess which political signs are being ...

Native Plant Sale a success

To the editor: The Wild Ones Keweenaw chapter would like to thank everyone who helped make our first native plant sale a spectacular success. About 60 area residents purchased nearly a thousand plants, including milkweed, lance-leaf coreopsis, wild columbine, butterfly weed and more. ...