A friend sent me the following 104-year-old quote by journalist and essayist H.L. Mencken. It appeared July 26, 1920, in the Baltimore Evening Sun: “As democracy is perfected, the office of ...

The opioid crisis has cast a long, dark shadow over rural America. I am compelled to write about this crisis that is not merely a statistic to me. It is the faces of my family, my friends and my ...

Substance use during pregnancy is a public health crisis that demands urgent attention and compassion. In 2020, between 8% and 11% of pregnant individuals reported using drugs or alcohol in the ...

I had a choice to say something or say nothing. I chose to say something. With a new hospital nowhere near happening, our government must do all it can to ensure you, me and the residents of Guam ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. According to a recent study released by Truth in Accounting, the end of 2024 brought the U ...

The time has come to not rely on a police force already stretched to the limits. Security must be in place before any venue that warrants it, not to think on it after the fact. Also, with social ...

The headline juxtaposition in The Times-Dispatch on Jan. 4 was stunning. On Page 12: “Significant milestones in the life and career of the 39th president,” Jimmy Carter. Camp David Accords ...

More than 280 hospitals in California were recently assigned a new safety grade, revealing which hospitals succeed in protecting their patients and which can improve. The grades assigned to the ...

The lovely Stanwood Camano community has been torn apart and factions created in spite of the sincere efforts of the duly elected School Board. Their stated goal is to unravel the chaos ...

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Letter writer Jean Haydel mentioned inflation as the primary cause for Vice President Kamala Harris losing the presidential election to Donald Trump. But there were two other things that hurt her ...

Here are some more facts for Stephanie McNulty, author of the Dec. 15 LNP | LancasterOnline column “Sorting through Donald Trump’s lies about immigrants”: — 312 to 226: Electoral votes in ...