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Almanac for July 4, 2026

Saturday, July 4, is the 185th day of 2026. There are 180 days left in the year. This is U.S. Independence Day. This day in History: In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Also on this date: In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, New York. In 1817, construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, New York. In 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. In 1831, the fifth ...

Remembering the bicentennial and embracing the 250 anniversary

ESCANABA- 1976-America celebrated its bicentennial! And the whole country rejoiced! The Vietnam War was over. Gerald Ford was in the White House. Gas cost 59 cents per gallon in 1976. We had landed on the moon, and we were starting to clean up the environment after the Clean Air Act. Escanaba was booming with a population of over thirteen thousand people. Harnischfeger and Clairmont Transfer employed our fathers and grandfathers. Pelletized ore was shipped out of port Escanaba. A bicentennial minute popped up on TV between All in the Family and The Waltons and other programs with ...

The temporary immigration program that’s been forever

The last two decades have been a continuous adventure in redefining the phrase “white supremacy” to include less and less pertinent things. The latest is that the Supreme Court has allegedly joined forces with Trump to “advance an authoritarian, white-supremacist agenda” — in the ...

Ex-CIA director wants court order to preserve investigation records

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration Wednesday, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that he says are targeting him for “what amounts to phantom criminal conduct.” The lawsuit says the ...

Almanac for July 2, 2026

Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2026. There are 182 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting discrimination and segregation based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Also on this date: In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” In 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington, D.C., ...

Democrats then and now

After last week’s primary elections in which the rise of Democrat-Socialist candidates alarmed many longtime Democrats, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., read a list of things he said those far-left candidates stand for. To conservatives, and Independents, the list sounded like a grand jury ...