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Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

TO THE EDITOR: Old Testament believers followed God's teachings which changed their behavior and beliefs. Jesus had yet to be born and shed his blood to cover all sin. Lives change when people get saved. They sing a new song when they trust the Lord. (Psalm 98:1-9) Today, similar changes ...

Outdoors North

Columns

“Pounced with fire on flaming roads, using ideas as my maps,” – Bob Dylan The territory I was set to explore was imprinted in relatively dark lines on the back pages of my mind. I had it filed away, up there in the dusty old reference section. These recollections I stored there were ...

Copper Country people & places

Columns

The year 1968 began with an announcement in a magazine that probably few in the Copper Country read. It carried huge implications, though, for the now tottering mining district. On Jan. 1, 1968, Chemical & Engineering News published an article titled: Universal Oil Products, Calumet & ...

Michael Barone

Columns

"I'm not happy with what Putin is doing. He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin," said Donald Trump on Truth Social over the holiday weekend. "I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He ...

HOLDING SPACE FOR GOOD

Columns

Five years ago this week, "the summer of protests" erupted. On May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, protesters responded to George Floyd's murder. The previous day, a white police officer had kneeled on his neck. On May 28, 2020, protesters responded to the police killing Breonna Taylor. Taylor had ...

Armstrong Williams

Columns

To understand where our nation's health policy currently stands, and where it is headed, one event enlightens our thinking: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent speech before the World Health Assembly, in which he outlined in stark detail the specific reasons why ...