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Opinion

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

To get beyond our current dysfunctional discourse, all Americans need to honor facts. No matter what we believe or how we spin it, this does not change the reality of a fact. You may believe, in the deepest part of your being, that the earth is flat. Fact: it is not, regardless of what you ...

Looking Back: Graham Jaehnig

Columns

Over the past several years, I’ve noticed a continual decline in attendance at my church and a greater decline in parents enrolling their children in religious education classes, traditionally referred to as Sunday School. The Sunday School program at my church has suffered for many years ...

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Recently, the Mining Gazette reported upon the theft of around 900 American flags taken from Michigan Tech's campus, and thrown in the dumpsters. These flags were part of a beautiful and grand display set up through hard work and honorable efforts by the Young Americans for ...

Josh Hammer

Columns

It is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more difficult to do so when the victim was a personal friend. The pain is profound. Charlie Kirk and I ...

Salena Zito

Columns

SAVANNAH, Georgia — Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging and purpose. It's what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. This service eventually led him to become an Apache helicopter pilot in the 160th Special ...

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Editor: Michigan has lost a lot of federal services this year. The National Weather Service is understaffed. The Department of Education is severely weakened. Health and Human Services has been disrupted by massive restructuring. And plenty of people are out of jobs. At the same time, there ...