By BOB BREIDENSTEIN | rural Ontario Nuts! That the latest U.S. Supreme Court justice, at her confirmation hearing, with a bewildered look on her face, declared that she just couldn’t say what a woman was. Nuts! That a 14-year-old girl was raped in a Virginia public...

You’re thinking, “She’s complaining about the Republicans again.” And you’d be right.

Otto von Bismarck once said: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes … Read the rest

Winter meant skating, ice and roller skating. The new pavilion in Ontario has taken the place of the old Ontario … Read the rest

By DANI SULIK | Kendall Who doesn’t love grammar? Okay, so you may not love it, but you know when it’s gone bad. While I admit to ungrammatical texts and throwing in an ain’t now and again, when TV presenters refer to the Democratic Party (correct adjective form) as...

By KAY ZIEGAHN | Richland Center Donald Trump quotes dictators he admires: Russia’s Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan, and Hungary’s Orban — all dictators of ill repute. He says he “will be a dictator just for one day,” but which of these favorites of his have remained in power...

By DENA EAKLES | rural Ontario Christmas is cancelled in Bethlehem. That is the declaration made by heads of the Christian churches in Palestine. Home to Christians since the first century, it’s the oldest Christian community in the world. Due to the violence and the...

By CAROLEEN MARTALOCK | rural Ontario Through the many years of my late husband, Alan’s, and my hobby of collecting antique collectibles and on the search for antiques, we always enjoyed the stories these items from the little hamlets and villages of this rural area...