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No one should be above the law

EDITOR: Mr. Mark Miller’s recent excellent letter recalled the wrongful decision of six members of the U.S. Supreme Court (not so Supreme) who conjured up a non-existing immunity for former President Donald Trump (an immunity not found in the Constitution). Hopefully his words will wake up Americans, remembering that America does not have a king nor dictators. No one is above the law. That we are founded on principle. Supreme Court justices decide on constitutional justice and loyalty to law, not to a man who is not bound to law and order nor tradition of justice. Otherwise, all is ...

Rather be ruled or governed?

EDITOR: My letters usually run long and say quite a bit. This one will not run long but will still say quite a bit. We have a choice coming up in the form of elections in November. It seems to me it is time to do some deep thinking on one very important thought. Do you want to be governed or do you want to be ruled? If you are not sure what I mean, look around the world. Many are governed as we are, by the people of their country. Many are ruled by an individual. One person. No choices, just obedience. For myself, I would rather make my own choices rather than be ...

A valuable asset for our community

EDITOR: There are so many great reasons to support the Dickinson County Library millage on Aug. 6. Here are just some of them: — friendly and helpful staff to assist you! — books — DVDs and CDS — audio books — magazine and newspapers — online books and audio books via Libby with access to six additional library collections —access to the streaming service Kanopy for movies, documentaries, and children’s programming — learn a new language with Mango — get books from libraries all over Michigan via interloan — children’s programs including ...

Toning down the rhetoric

EDITOR: Now, after an assassination attempt of Donald Trump both parties are clamoring that the rhetoric needs to be toned down on both sides. Approximately 16 years ago, I had the pleasure to speaking to conservative Christian leader and activist Gary Bauer on a VCY network radio show. I have nothing but respect for the man, for if you present hard facts to the contrary of his opinion, he has the character and common sense to change his opinion. Without arrogance, he was in complete agreement with the point I was making concerning the violent rhetoric being spoken after Barack ...

The power of the library

This letter is written in support of the Dickinson County Library and the upcoming ballot mileage. Our local library provides a wealth of resources to our community, including books, DVDS, early education kits, magazines, newspapers, snowshoes and my son’s personal favorite, toy trains. During the year, our local library hosts various events such as yoga, story time, gamer’s club, Lego club, book club, and even the occasional Chinese cooking class. All of these services are free to the community. Libraries offer the public access to knowledge and experiences which may be out ...

Tractor ride to VA Wednesday

On Wednesday we will have our 10th-annual Tractor Ride to the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain. The Northwoods Antique Tractor Club is the sponsor of the event. We anticipate leaving near the railroad tracks in East Kingsford at 10 a.m. and travel west on Breen Avenue to Balsam Street in Breitung Township, then north to Woodward Avenue, then east to Kimberly Avenue, then north to H Street in Iron Mountain and east to the VA hospital. We anticipate about 15 tractors from the surrounding area, as far as Pembine, Wis., and Iron River. Our tractors only go about 10 ...