Americans are being tested right now about the kind of country and world they want to live in. At home — as children are slaughtered with easily acquired assault weapons — members of Congress must…

At first glance, it would appear Monday night’s Community Conversation was a downer.  After all, the consensus was that we have some pretty big hurdles to clear before we feel we’re on the right path,…

Viewers who tuned in Thursday to the first night of public hearings by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were not given Washington political theater as usual. On the contrary, the broadcast…

Dear editor, This is the reality we are facing today. Everyone loves the thought of a no-kill animal shelter. The Allen County Animal Rescue employees work endless hours shuffling dogs and cats into other no-kill…

MIAMI — Dustin Johnson sat in front of a “LIV Golf” logo in England this week and, with a straight face, said, “I chose what’s best for me and my family.” The money, he meant.…

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction). You haven’t. Moscow is blockading (or destroying) Ukraine’s port cities on the Sea of…

Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday spoke about the horror of the May 24 mass shooting that killed  19 elementary students and two teachers.  McConaughey, a gun owner, visited with President…

If Donovan Atterberry thought about abortion at all as a young man, it was perhaps with some vague discomfort, or a memory of the anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic that he would pass on his…

Savannah Brooks has been an athlete her whole life. She enjoys kickboxing and has trained for mixed martial arts competitions. But in April, the 30-year-old Minneapolis woman tested positive for COVID-19. It didn’t make her…

Dear editor, The college play, “Shipwrecked,” was one of the best-directed and acted plays I have ever seen.     The 90-minute play utilized entire actors’ bodies to portray the actions on the stage.  Even…