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Letters to the Editor

Keep the faith

To the editor: Recently, someone wrote to this paper and suggested that God may be using Donald Trump, (who by the way is the most morally bankrupt, and corrupt president in our history), to be somehow exposing the out of control corruption in Washington, D.C. This is very rich, as well as a ...

Whistle past the graveyard

To the editor: To hear Donald Trump speak, we are doing well fighting the COVID-19 virus approaching 120,000 deaths. No surprise, his only concern is getting reelected. When Trump could no longer ignore the Coronavirus, he finally put together a Pandemic Response Team which he quickly ...

Don’t politicize death

To the editor: Those who politicized George Floyd’s death should think about this: In our nation of over 300 million people, one man’s cruel abuse of power ended his life. Like Marxist class—warfare ideology, racial identity radicalism ignores what we do as individuals. Instead, it ...

NFL players are Americans

To the editor: Passage of time and prolonged thought do make for positive change. National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell recently stated the NFL was wrong for not listening to players about the concerns of race, including kneeling during the national anthem during games. ...

Open letter to Keweenaw businesses

To the editor: An Open Letter to the Greater Keweenaw Business Community: As we gently start to emerge from our pandemic isolation, the issue of “masking-up” appears to be a growing problem.  I’ve noticed there are some businesses in the Keweenaw who apparently feel that requiring ...

Voting in a pandemic

To the editor: It’s nice to go to the polls and greet neighbors. But not during a pandemic. And not if you and two or three tired, cranky children are waiting in line after you’ve worked all day. Those closest to the door may have a chair, but often the line of voters stretches far beyond ...