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Opinion

Much ado about ‘dead’ Social Security’ recipients

Editorial

The Social Security Administration regularly checks to be sure its oldest beneficiaries are using their Medicare benefits. If not, SSA verifies the beneficiary is still alive. That’s one of a number of safeguards in place to prevent improper payments. After President Donald Trump’s ...

Program needed

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Imagine that this is your life…You’re an electrician, your wife is a nurse working at the local hospital. You have three kids that you support, a home, a business. You’ve heard that there are Russian troops amassing at a border nearby and you are concerned. ...

Let facts get in way of performative politics

Columns

My advice to congressional Democrats: If you’re going to embrace performative politics, be sure you give a good performance. Instead, the Dems at President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress looked like an angry and lonely clown car. They looked the very portrait that they ...

Thawing weather means potholes galore

Editorial

AAA is issuing a safety alert for Michigan drivers urging them to watch out for potholes. These concrete craters can create a safety risk on the road and wreak havoc on vehicles. “Potholes can damage your vehicle’s tires, alignment, suspension and shocks,” said Adrienne Woodland, ...

Dangers lurk on Teal Lake

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: In Negaunee Township, Teal Lake exemplifies nature’s true beauty for residents and travelers alike. From sunrises to sunsets to 4th of July celebrations, this amazing two-mile stretch of highway on U.S. 41/M-28 in Upper Michigan captures generations of memories for ...

Where would Trump be without defenders

Columns

It’s amazing how men who prided themselves on strength and toughness will submit to a gangster. In 2022, after Russian tanks rolled across an international border into Ukraine and missiles pierced the quiet of cities like Kharkiv and Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earned ...