I asked Google’s chatbot, Gemini, to write a birthday letter to my best friend. Within seconds, it spat out the most ...

Letter writer’s 10-year marriage has always been rocky – but has reached an impasse over wife’s “friendship” with a former colleague.

Barbara Lee is wrong: Oakland is no different than San Francisco and San Jose. Lee’s approach to the homelessness problem is ...

Other writers discuss gender-affirming care, the U.S. military, other national politics stories and climate change.

I f you’re looking for the Wordle answer for July 15, 2025, read on. We’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Today’s puzzle is easier; I got it in four. Beware, there ...

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is one of our state’s most prolific abusers of Illinois’ “self-funding” loophole.

Most nations are still negotiating in hopes of avoiding punitive import taxes. At the same time, they’re looking for trading ...

Since November 2016 most of my letters to your paper have focused on my frustration with one man’s actions. For my own mental ...

EDITOR: Why is it new owners of mobile home parks feel they need to be made whole, and get a fabulous return on their ...

President Donald Trump has sent out tariff letters to seven smaller U.S. trading partners in his first batch of import tax ...

Where this is headed is nowhere other than a return to “ooga-booga” home remedies from granny or even the dark ages. For example, cut a rutabaga in half and put one half on either side of your nose to ...