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Participate now in deer survey

EDITOR: Upper Peninsula deer hunters who have not already participated in a recent DNR survey online, asking for hunter input about future changes in deer hunting regulations, have until Friday to do so. The survey only has six questions, three of which deal with U.P. deer hunting, and only takes a few minutes to complete. To access the survey, go to the DNR website at mi.gov/dnr and click on hunting, then click on deer hunting. There’s a gray box with 2020 deer season dates. At the bottom of that box is a link to the survey that says, “please fill out this survey.” A direct ...

Looking more closely at BLM

It has been interesting to read in this column the dialogue regarding Black Lives Matter. Both sides make salient points; so what can we learn from each other? Many of us are sympathetic to the statement “Black Lives Matter” and the emotion behind the statement. Believe it or not, beneath our skin, we are all the same, and the idea that some should be harmed, belittled or deprived because of the color of that skin is abhorrent to us. Because of this consciousness, we would love to be able to back this organization. Recently, a reader wrote an amazing letter in this column ...

Need to care about people, not the deficit

I have been listening to the news recently. They keep talking about the economy and how we are now in a depression. Why is this happening? I understand people don’t want us to increase the deficit but what happened to the deficit when they gave tax breaks to the rich? I understand their reasoning. They thought the companies would use that money to create more jobs. That did not happen. Most companies used money to buy back their own stock or give money to their shareholders. The funny thing about people who own stock is that 85% of stock is owned by the rich. So the tax break did not ...

Another view on Bergman

EDITOR: On Thursday’s The Daily News editorial page, I was quite concerned with a letter relating to Rep. Jack Bergman’s job performance. Rep. Bergman is not really concerned about the items we, his constituents, worry about. It appears that keeping us informed is of little interest to him. My personal feelings about Rep. Bergman were developed during a recent Honors Flight to Washington, D.C. While we were taking a break at The World War II Memorial, I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was Rep. Bergman. He wasn’t looking at me, only at a photographer who was taking our picture. ...

Fear of virus used for control

Imagine government telling you, in order to protect you from getting a deadly virus, they want to separate people according to age, color, sex or religion and they would need to keep like-kinds in their own fortressed areas to keep others from reaching you. In a greater effort to make sure you were safe, they show up one day and string razor wire around the facility to make sure nobody could get to you while the government is taking care of you. They tell you everything is going to be alright if you cooperate with caretakers. Soon you will be moved to a safe region where everything has ...

The meaning of the word patriot

According to the Webster dictionary, a patriot is “one who loves his country and support its authority and interest.” The first thing is love of country. The problem is love does not say anything about behavior. For example, wife abusers will claim to love their wives, child abusers their children and defrauders/abusers of government power their country. Clearly love does not always mean actions or intent good or healthy for the country. The president’s actions and silence of the Republican Party in the manipulation of courts to stall and evade justice is one example. Profiteering ...