Editor’s Note: The following column was original published May, 9, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in ...

For decades, this column has been a tireless - to some readers, a tiresome - critic of the swollen, often lawless, modern presidency. Now more than ever it is urgent to regard executive power as, in ...

I like to make stuff. Or I should say, I like to make things. Things that are tangible, pick-up-and-peruse-or-ponder-things. “How did she do that?” If I wind up with an object in my hand that I’ve ...

Go ahead, you long-suffering critic of Donald Trump, and name the hypocrisy that most infuriates you. Yes, Mr Trump once warned that Barack Obama would attack Iran because of “his inability to ...

We gladdened the hearts of the merchants earlier today. We made our usual rounds of the various markets as determined by our weekly grocery list. Home again in time for lunch, I set about making a ham ...

The Iowa House Judiciary Committee’s so-called “tough on crime” legislation would create Iowa’s own version of a “three strike” system. The bill, House File (HF) 2542, would impose mandatory 20-year ...

Never before have I been so grateful for this little thing called a penny. Indiana lawmakers aren’t the only ones wrestling with an unexpected penny shortage. So are consumers, and we don’t want to ...

Since the release of “Top Gun: Maverick,” Glen Powell has been on a hot streak no one could have expected. He starred in films from established filmmakers like Richard Linklater and acted in summer ...

It isn’t just you. The market is weird. Stocks are swinging about as though there’s a full-blown crisis, while the S&P 500 is just 2% from its high. One way to measure the scale of moves is to look at ...

Every February, Black History Month invites Americans to honor the giants of the civil rights movement. We commemorate them in speeches and street names, reassuring ourselves that their struggles ...

Credit cards are a part of everyday life for most Central Oregonians. We regularly use them to pay for groceries, gas, medical bills, and the occasional unexpected expense. Credit cards can also be a ...