On Dec. 9, I was in attendance in Houghton in opposition to a proposed resolution that would codify there being only two genders in Houghton county policies and public records. But I realized there that this really wasn't about transgender Americans or issues related to their public life. It ...

I was thinking about this holiday season and the division the country is experiencing due to identity politics. One research study by social psychologists found, “1 in 5 adults is estranged from a close relative due to political differences. One-third of American adults reported feeling ...

Zohran Mammdani was recently elected mayor of New York City. He ran a successful campaign advocating Democratic Socialist principles. Trump denounced him as a communist and instead tends to advocate unregulated capitalism as the best way to govern. Brief descriptions of these are: communism ...

Th the Journal editor: As I sat in church this past Sunday, I reflected on the two recent gun tragedies — one in Providence, Rhode Island and another in Australia — at a time of the Christian season of Advent and the Jewish season of the Festival of Lights. These horrific events should ...

Recently, Upper Peninsula state Reps. Greg Markkanen and Dave Prestin joined 11 other state representatives and nine colleagues in the state Senate in signing an “urgent request” asking U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to “deploy official election monitors and provide comprehensive ...

To the Journal editor: Please check out what our Republican State House did in Lansing (recently) They cancelled almost $645 million in work projects that were approved and ongoing into 2026. Speaker Matt Hall said "not all of them were waste, abuse and fraud." I wish he would show at least ...