How is it that we can be both shocked and not the least bit surprised that a person with a rifle, a pistol and a shotgun, all legally purchased, opened fire on a church school in Minneapolis the ...

Elizabeth Estilow is on a mission to give comfort and hope to children entering foster care for the first time. She founded My G.E.A.R. Outreach to serve the nine counties that make up our eastern ...

For too long, West Virginia has sat at the bottom of health, education and economic rankings. Policymakers have spent decades trying to solve these problems, but frustratingly little progress has ...

Osama bin Laden famously said that radical Islamic terrorists would ultimately defeat the west because they love death as we love life. He was talking about the suicide bombers that permeate this ...

Well, we’re moving it again. Meanderings will be in Tuesday’s print paper each week this fall starting next week. It will be available online on Monday morning/early afternoon (assuming I remain on ...

The non-partisan Common Sense Institute Iowa (CSI) recently issued a report on our state’s worsening “brain drain.” The data are alarming. In 2024, among the 50 states, Iowa had the seventh highest ...

Trump obliged the NCAA and is attacking athletes’ ability to be paid for their work. Athletic competitions mesmerize because, being unscripted, their outcomes are unpredictable. But as college ...

My friend Marilyn and I were happy to be able to explore some of Old Route 66 as we wended our way back eastward to New Jersey. The Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton taught us the extensive history ...

In a normal administration, the FBI has a director and a deputy director, with the latter helping to oversee day-to-day operations at the bureau. The Trump administration, however, isn’t normal at all ...

The Miami Heat, from coaches to front office officials, were as mystified by Terry Rozier's decline as fans were last season. Acquired around the 2024 NBA trade deadline for Kyle Lowry's expiring ...