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Opinion

GOP in UP at each other’s throats over endorsement

Editorials

Wow. That’s what a great many Upper Peninsula residents likely said early last week when a festering behind-the-scenes Republican Party dust up over who’s endorsing whom in the upcoming 2026 elections burst into the public arena as a full-fledged mud slinger. With epithets most often ...

Liberty without strings

Columns

"Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war." — James Madison (1751-1836) Last week, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, ...

US: Huckabee’s comments on Israel, Middle East taken out of context

Columns

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An uproar continued Sunday after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, as more Arab and Muslim countries objected and the U.S. said his comments were taken out of context. Huckabee spoke in an interview with ...

Almanac for Feb. 23, 2026

Columns

Today is Monday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2026. There are 311 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags. (The second flag-raising was captured in an iconic photograph by Joe ...

Olympic jumpers show Pine Mountain draws top talent

Editorials

Bouquet From The Daily News: While it remains to be seen how well the weather will cooperate, the spectacle that is the Sanford Health Marshfield Clinic FIS Continental Cup will again make Iron Mountain a destination this weekend. This year's event gained some added luster when past ...