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Mail service disappointment

To the editor: As I sit on my sofa on another Saturday evening, without my weekend paper… I write to express my extreme disappointment with the failure of the Daily Mining Gazette to deliver my daily newspaper, via the U.S. Postal Service. When the Gazette turned to this new delivery method, I re-upped with a two-year subscription to support the future of the paper with the hope that this media source might stay in business a bit longer. It is now clear that the demise of this disappearing format for Keweenaw news has been accelerated with the withdrawal of home delivery. It ...

Mob justice is not justice

To the editor: Watching the impeachment trial, it is very clear that the murderous mob truly believed that they were doing Trump’s work, that he invited them to enter the Capitol, and that he wanted them to stop the counting of the electoral votes, no matter how they had to accomplish that.  I have a message to the murderous mob, which, sadly, includes some of our neighbors here in Michigan:  When you are in legal trouble because of your actions, Trump will not come to your rescue.  When you lose your job, or are shunned by your neighbors and friends, Trump will not help you.  ...

Frustrations

To the editor: Recently, there’s been a few articles about not drinking the Kool-Aid. Really? It looks more like the case of the kettle calling the pot black. The guns and butter debate isn’t worth the paper that it’s printed on, when you have despots and dictators from China to Venezuela, North Korea to Iran, and Russia to Turkey. Who was it that said, “Walk softly and carry a big stick?” How many of the under-60 generations can answer it? President Eisenhower pushed for the preaching of evolution in our schools, and look at where we are today. We hear the misguided ...

DMG editorial was misleading

To the editor: The February 10 Mining Gazette editorial was misleading and the conclusions the editorial tried to make were unconvincing. The DefundBergman campaign is about accomplishing unity through responsible healing. The editorial you published demonstrated you did not watch the press conference, available on the Facebook page, which announced this campaign. You did not reach out to any of the defundbergman members before writing about what our goals and objectives are. You wrote an editorial about something you did not understand and hopefully you will educate yourselves about ...

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid

To the editor: I am somewhat troubled with the amount of people today who act as medical experts and knowledgable scholars on the Bible and the Constitution. Using the words of some notable Americans, with the hope of shedding light on matters today… I present the following. President Eisenhower said, “ Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This is not a way of life, in any sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity ...

Restoring trust

To the editor: Everyone likes to win, but it seems the pain of losing is even more emotionally powerful. Politically charged American voters have experienced both these feelings since 2016. Reconciliation will take effort and compassion. We have allowed our trust in each other to be undermined. I think we are all getting tired of the fighting.  I believe that the challenges of racism, climate change, economic hardship, and COVID are connected, and the solution to all of them involves addressing our selfishness.  “The love of money is the root of all evil” - 1 Timothy 6:10. ...