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A Republican who backs Biden

We are living in challenging times. Who can lead us through? Consider the debate on how to deal with a virus that is impacting our health, economy, and way of life. How big of a role should governments have with public health? What measures become government overreach? What constitutes good leadership on this issue? High water in the Great Lakes is having destructive effects along our coastal infrastructure. Western fires have reached disaster scale due to dry climatic conditions and questioned forest management practices. Our species is confronted with the debate: Is human activity ...

Favors Metsa for 110th District

It has been my pleasure to meet and talk with Janet Metsa on several occasions, and I am truly impressed with her knowledge and desire to serve the people of the U.P. Janet Metsa is not an ideologue; she is a problem solver who wants to work with all the citizens when she is elected to represent Michigan’s 110th District this November. Janet grew up in Chassell and attended public school here through high school. She attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned her bachelor and master of science degrees in chemical engineering. During her time at the Environmental ...

State of country no surprise to him

Quite honestly, what is transpiring in this country, pandemic aside — the chaos, uncertainty, etc. — does not surprise me at all. Approximately 10 years ago, I watched a news segment that showed how companies were having seminars for their managers on how to treat the new workforce entering the labor market. In other words, instead of the new employees adjusting to the company, the company was pandering to the new employees. I knew right then and there the country was steering itself down a road of mayhem. Can you imagine Henry Ford being told, “You have to have a seminar for you ...

By mail-in or otherwise, vote

Here is today’s thought. Mail-in voting is the exact same thing as absentee voting. Both are safe and neither is prone to any kind of widespread fraud. If you do not believe me, try to get a ballot for a dead person or your dog. I have heard both of these thoughts coming from on high in a big white building in Washington D.C. But please try it. You will find it does not work. They require more than just your asking for a ballot. And if they send a ballot to someone no longer with us, either through death or relocation, that will not count, either. You see, identification is required ...

Country needs strong foundation

President Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you …” and everybody listened. Why? Because they were scared to death of a nuclear confrontation with Russia, and Russia was building an arsenal in Cuba. What’s more, John F. Kennedy was right, and his statement was incredibly wise. Your country is the very foundation you build your life from, not to mention the life of your children and your children’s children. A weak foundation will not stand the test of time and lawless chaos will erode the wisdom of the foundation of our constitution. This nation was built on ...

The nation is at a crossroads

Can this nation survive as a people united in a brotherhood of humanity? I believe we are at a crossroads. We have had almost four years of leadership focused on blind loyalty to President Donald Trump, the enrichment of the wealthy at the cost of the less well-off, stoking the divisions of race, ethnicity and residency, and the propaganda of fear. This was the country of 1863 in my mind. This what Trump Republicans seem to be supporting outwardly or in their silence through conformity. For example, where were they when children were put in overcrowded cages, Democratic areas are seen ...