Opinion

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY this week. Those of you with summer birthdays know it’s a little different. In the middle of March, everyone says, “Wow! A birthday party!” You bring

WORLD WAR II correspondent Ernie Pyle died during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945. In his pocket was a draft of his last column, “On Victory in Europe.” He wrote,

To the community of Canadian THANK YOU SO MUCH for allowing us to be a part of this community for the past 27 years. We have been blessed by such

I’M HAVING FUN singing. I started singing lessons a few weeks ago. My teacher lives out of town, but every other week she teaches in her parents’ house—the house she

A letter to the people of Canadian THERE IS A SERIOUS HEALTH hazard with the Fourth of July Parade. Last year, I held my hands over my ears during most

EQUAL PAY! That was the shout heard round the world from the crowd celebrating the U.S. victory at the women’s World Cup final against the Netherlands. The U.S. team’s 28

Governor orders guard troops to border to assist feds AUSTIN—On June 21, the day before President Trump called off a national sweep to find and detain undocumented non-citizens, Gov. Greg

I STARTED THE POSTSCRIPT exactly one year ago. I am more than a little superstitious when it comes to numbers. When I wrote the first draft of my memoir, Blue

HOARDING IS NOT against the law, especially if you own your house. Cities, however, have brought pressure to bear on “collectors” by enacting hoarding ordinances such as the ones in

(Note: This article originally ran in 2018 as controversy surrounded the separation of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It has been updated in June 2019 amid growing reports about substandard