States have minimum ages for drinking alcoholic beverages in public places, but no upper limit. There are minimum ages for ...

With the New Year now underway, we should take stock of where we are. In terms of employment and unemployment, it’s cloudy ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content is solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. Robert Schiller, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, suggests people learn from stories rather than just ...

Yes, it’s over ... for now. But some diehard disrupters are determined to bring back redistricting in the current session of ...

In 2024 — last year, for those who, like me, are repeatedly forgetful — the FBI has now reported that, nationwide, murder was down by 14.9%, robbery down 8.9%, rape down 5.2%, and aggravated assault ...

The social observer, George Carlin, used to have a routine about how we describe our age. The youngest and oldest of us often talk it up, “I’m almost 5” or ...

Exclusive report: Santa distressed by constraints on traditional privileges. Annual visits possibly delayed or eliminated. Negotiations still in progress. Yes, that’s what I learned on my usual ...

A large and appreciative crowd filled the Merrill Cultural Center to hear celebrated poet Ellen Bass deliver the keynote presentation at the 16th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading this month. The ...

No moral goodness or evil attaches to it. These thoughts arise from the Netflix series, “Death by Lightning.” As the program ...

June Neas Bryer-Bass patiently sat on her mother Sally Neas’s lap as June’s grandmother (and Sally’s mother-in-law) Ellen Bass read her poetry at the 16th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading last ...

SANTA CRUZ — Local poet Ellen Bass spoke from the lectern as more than 500 people filled the Merrill Cultural Center at UC Santa Cruz last Thursday for the 16th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading.

Robert Schiller, the Nobel Prize winning economist, suggests people learn from stories rather than just relating facts. I see it differently. Facts are the story. These are the facts. Indiana has 2.04 ...