What new place will you visit in 2024?

Making time to travel is something that has always been important to me. Writing about those trips and other travel-related topics is...

Letter to the Editor: Liver and onions would be a preferable choice

RE: “Liver and Onions — and Other Bad Smells” in the Wednesday, April 3 News-Banner. The author tried to...

Wrapping up Round 3 — with more questions, of course

While reading an opinion piece last weekend about a totally unrelated topic — trying to clear out some property tax cobwebs —...

Resources needed for immigrant students

The nation’s fixation on immigration in this presidential election year might seem outsized, given the variety and magnitude of other issues.

Angelkeep Journals: What’s eclipse, history, and egg all over?

With only four days remaining to The Great Eclipse of 2024, the mass American Migration towards the Zone of Totality has already...

Letters to the Editor: Tax articles appreciated

I would like to commend Mark Miller for his cogent articles on property taxes. Although his writing and accompanying diagrams were clear,...

Passing on a love of board games

I grew up in a family of gamers. From a young age, I was playing Skip-Bo and Phase 10,...

Mourning a busted bracket but this time from Spain

As another year of March Madness makes us all a bit crazy, it’s time for this reporter to empty his notepad.

Some ‘wonderful’ seasonal courtside observations

We all know a number of people who think March is “the most wonderful time of the year.” And now you have...

Angelkeep Journals: The darkness of Good Friday revisited

Easter is coming soon. It should be the grandest of holidays on earth. However Christmas takes that role. It seems market dollars...