LIMA — Hazel wasn’t due for another week, but Desiree and Coty Helstad were happy to celebrate the New Year with her just 51 ...

l am a married man asking for your advice on a matter. I reconnected with a woman on Facebook from my childhood past. l think of her as my big sister. We went to lunch a few times back in early spring ...

This week, as we near the end of 2025, the writers and editors of KQED Arts & Culture are reflecting on One Beautiful Thing from the year. ail has always been boring for me. Besides the occasional ...

Source: Caroline Leavitt It started young for me. I didn’t really have anyone to talk with. My father was a sulky, silent brute and I couldn’t risk getting yelled at or hit by speaking up. My mother ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

What if our first name could also be the mirror of our soul? That’s the premise of letter numerology. Since ancient times, many have seen numbers as the secret language of the universe. It’s an idiom ...

I’m a letter writer. Like my mother before me and her mother before her, I regularly put pen to paper. I know this makes me unusual: most Americans haven't written a personal letter in years. The ...

I had lost faith in the universe — until an apparition of my smiling, 16-year-old late ex-boyfriend appeared. By Mara Chadnick My husband was unbothered when I mentioned that my first love’s ghost ...

Beverly is a writer, editor, and paralegal specializing in personal finance and tax law. She covers personal financial and legal topics, as well as tax breaks, tax preparation software, and tax law ...

I'm going to give you the first word of a familiar two-word phrase. You tell me the second word in the phrase. Here's a hint: The first two letters of my word are the last two letters of yours. Last ...

Diddy addressed the court in a personal letter ahead of his sentencing, saying “the old me died in jail” as he asked for leniency. Diddy broke his silence with a letter to the judge presiding over his ...

To the editor: I guess it’s hard for some folks to realize that their hateful rhetoric vilifying those they disagree with is part if not all of the problem with the divisiveness that our nation and ...