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Letters to the Editor

Protection for birds

EDITOR: Birds are a treasured part of the Upper Peninsula’s natural diversity and beauty. Addressing climate change and protecting our beautiful natural resources will help ensure that they can thrive across Michigan for generations to come. One important opportunity is community solar, ...

The IRS ‘screwed up’

EDITOR: On June 3, 2024 my family received a letter from the IRS indicating that we owed $4,900.31 for our 2023 taxes as we had under paid. Our taxes have been prepared for the last 40 years by a very reputable local CPA firm. We have never received any letter of this sort from the IRS. We ...

Please vote responsibly

EDITOR: The purpose of a primary election is for all voters to have the opportunity to decide the party’s candidates for the general election, and to build party unity around those candidates. I’ve heard discussion from both major political parties about “crossing parties” to help ...

Is this what we can expect?

EDITOR: It seems the adage bad behavior by one does not excuse the same behavior by another. Or, if they did it, its OK for me to do it too. Both are fallacies of logic and truly unethical. Commonly, this tactic is used to excuse an action as payback for previous slights or perceived ...

Timely advice

EDITOR: He was elected in 2016 despite losing the popular vote. Two years later, he lost both the Senate and the House of Representatives. During his four-year term, he lost more jobs than any president since Herbert Hoover, and added trillions to the national debt. He lost the 2020 popular ...

Biden questions

EDITOR: President Biden emerged from the basement on May 2nd to go in search of his shadow. Will Biden find his shadow? Will American families juggling routine, bills, take a breath no hang nail, survival, not living? Will special occasions be replaced? Buy a ice cream cone. Will states be ...