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Opinion

No Kings? More like no clue …

Local columns

What do you do when voters have rejected your party’s policies and the losers have nothing new to offer? Answer: You stage large demonstrations that include name calling (this from Democrats who have called for “lowering” the rhetorical temperature). Anyone who believes last ...

Trump hosts Senate Republicans as the shutdown drags on

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers nationwide are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks. But as President ...

Almanac for Oct. 22, 2025

Local columns

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2025. There are 70 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and received a lifetime ban from Olympic sports after the International Cycling Union chose ...

Thanking the Friends of the Escanaba library

Letters to the Editor

As we celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week from Oct. 19–25, I’d like to take a moment to recognize and thank the Friends of the Escanaba Public Library — a dedicated group of volunteers who have supported and enhanced our library since 1988. The Friends are your neighbors — ...

Peace isn’t the same as a deal

Local columns

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a quick study in the art of laying it on thick, announced that he was teaming up with Israel's Knesset speaker to invite parliamentary leaders from around the world to jointly nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — and for nothing less than inaugurating "a new ...