Republicans in our state Legislature are optimistic about a proposal to expand options for school children. The proposal would allow students in poorly performing public schools to transfer to private schools, charter schools or to other, better-performing public schools. Scholarships to ...

Over the last decade or so, copious amounts of ink have been spilled and many pixels have been rearranged to explain the vast and growing gulf between America’s slow-growing or declining rural communities and its flourishing cities. Much of the divide — and it’s become an issue in other ...

How wonderful, to be presented with another New Year - another occasion on which many of us choose to attempt a fresh start. How fortunate we are to live in a nation where such reinvention is possible, for so many. But as we prepare to celebrate the chance for change, let us not forget our ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has made her political career saying outrageous things, things that fly in the face of common sense and common decency, but resonate with the faction of the Republican Party that still kneels before Donald Trump. Recently, while addressing the New York ...

Health is probably the last thing most people want to think about during the holiday season, but this year may be a good time to keep some safety precautions in mind. Right now, the country is experiencing what’s being called a “tripledemic,” with influenza, the coronavirus and the ...

While we are, of course, relieved to see that the price per gallon of home heating oil fall by as much as $1.75 the past several weeks, we — and, we imagine, many of our readers — remain frustrated that in the past year or so prices rose so much, so fast, anyways. As we have frequently ...