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Beware the Dominionists

To the editor: We are now in the second surge of the COVID-19 virus. Unfortunately, the United States, at approximately 3.3%, leads the major countries in the percentage of cases relative to the population. Some other countries with high percentage cases are Brazil (2.3%), France (2.9%), and the UK (1.9%). Compare this with Russia (1.3%), Mexico (0.77%), Denmark (1.0%), Norway (0.5%), and Finland (0.35%). We seem to be our own worst enemy. Most mainline churches follow the recommended guidelines for holding religious meetings, but many self-righteous fundamentalists and ...

Speed limit change

To the editor: Years ago, the speed limit on many highways was 65 mph during the day and those same signs changed to 55 mph at night. My question is why not now? What happened to change this? I have talked to our state police and they said our roads were safer when the speed limit was at 65 during the day. Our state representatives, driving long hours and miles in the U.P. back and four to Lansing, also agree. I have called and written to Mr. Paul Ajegba, MDOT director for the state of Michigan, but I have not heard back from him in over a year. Just a week ago, I was driving the ...

Let them do their job

To the editor: I assume this phrase sounds pretty familiar: “No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service” — almost! Have you ever wondered why no one gives pushback about the “imposed dress code” for entering a restaurant, shoes and shirt are required to get served. I’ve not seen anyone out protesting or writing letters to the editor, or taking out full page ads to complain. Has anyone seen any scientific evidence that not wearing shoes or a shirt will harm or kill anyone? Me neither. Yet all are perfectly willing to go along—no questions asked!  But when we do have ...

Tyranny defined

To the editor: The irony of the Baraga County board to use their vow to the Constitution to justify the refusal to follow the rule of law. The Constitution was written because of the failed, bottom up power approach through The Articles of Confederation. Men like Franklin, Washington, Madison, and Hamilton, formed an effort to replace that document. The document they came up with is the Constitution. They were known as Federalists, and represented primarily urbane industrial areas. The opposition, antifederalists, base was rural in nature and still advocated for more local power. ...

Open letter to our leaders

To the editor: As elected officials it is your job to study verifiable information on various issues to make informed decisions on governmental matters that effect your constituents and inform and educate the electorate based upon facts, not feelings or baseless beliefs. To date there is no verifiable election or voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 election according to the following people or entities: U. S. Attorney General Barr, 50 state governors, 50 state secretaries of state, 61 suits in state and federal courts, 2 suits in the U. S. Supreme court, and ...

Bergman must resign

To the editor: Our Representative in Congress, Jack Bergman, must resign immediately. His actions on January 6 to perpetuate THE BIG LIE that the election was stolen and his votes to disenfranchise the voters of Arizona and Pennsylvania are a clear violation of his oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and an act of sedition. The hypocrisy of his self-serving statement that the insurrectionists who stormed and desecrated the Capitol should be charged and prosecuted, while at the same time he was in the chamber of the House of Representatives voting ...