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Need to unite

To the editor: It seems finally that the era of the worst U.S. president in modern history has come to an end. This was a test run bent on undermining and invalidating the very democratic principles that we hold dear for the sake of corporate power and the accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few. The Republicans pushed every legal (and illegal) limit in an attempt to “win” this race. Voter suppression and intimidation, legal challenges to fair and secure elections, and the spread of propaganda and misinformation unlike nothing seen in modern history. If there is doubt ...

Cooperation is natural

Editor’s note: What follows is the Letter to the Editor Carolyn Peterson intended for print in the Daily Mining Gazette. We accidentally ran a previous letter earlier this week. To the editor: The long wait for election results has given us time to ponder and to prepare for whatever happens next. What a blessing. Each of us has a choice to make - whether to be afraid and angry or to be brave and kind. Rutger Bregman has a brand-new book entitled “Humankind”, in which his basic premise is that cooperation, not competition, has made humans so successful. He suggests that our ...

Responses differ on COVID-19

To the editor: Did you ever have a teacher who punished the whole class because of the misbehavior of one or two students?  It always seemed an unfair system, but it was quite effective, especially when I was one of the miscreants.  Not wanting to incur the wrath of my classmates, I conformed, and we all benefitted. Around the world, nations responded differently to the COVID-19  pandemic.  The ones with leaders who imposed “draconian” measures on all citizens are now emerging from their isolation.  They put the common good ahead of their individual freedom and are now ...

Stealing is never OK

To the editor: I am writing to you about stolen property in the Calumet area. It was on private property that my husband’s tree stand had been stolen. He went there for so many years that the tree stand had grown into the tree. He has severe back problems and relied on the tree stand because he can’t walk much anymore. He is also in his 70s. Some years his back was so bad he couldn’t hunt at all. He would only go two or three days out of the season because of the pain. He has shot a few deer while hunting from the stand. He came home and said “I guess I won’t be hunting ...

COVID-19

To the editor: It really bothers us that the vast majority of the people in the USA use the phrase “God bless America.” Why are we the only ones that should be blessed by God? Why not “God bless everyone, no excecptions”? I presume Jesus would have wanted it that way. You might get some “Brownie” points from him if you included everyone. On another topic, if people don’t start taking the pandemic seriously and aren’t really careful in public, our health care system is going to be overwhelmed, if it is not already. You may think it is all right if lots of people ...

Health care

To the editor: Older Americans across the country depend on the delivery of quality healthcare in their homes, which has become increasingly important, especially during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Home health providers deliver nursing, therapy and aide services to patients in the safety and security of their own homes, helping to reduce patient exposure to the novel coronavirus while also saving the Medicare program millions in avoided facility-based care. While 3.5 million Americans currently depend on Medicare home health each year, there is an incredible opportunity to ...