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Mueller Report

The release of the redacted Mueller report will change no minds. For President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and defenders, Attorney General William Barr’s absolution of the president on criminal charges of conspiracy and obstruction, given in a press conference in advance of the ...

Too Much to Celebrate

Dear Annie: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day always present a dilemma for my family, and I was hoping you and your readers could offer some advice. Unlike individual birthdays, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrate multiple individuals on the same day. As a kid, my family spent the day ...

The Julian Assange problem

WASHINGTON — They say that guests are like fish; after three days they become a bit whiffy. By this measure, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange smelled like an overladen fishing vessel adrift in the searing sun. Upon his arrest Thursday by British authorities, ending his nearly seven-year ...

Shark on the hunt

Dear Annie: My husband has a friend, “Ralph,” who is half his age and was recently married. Ralph’s wife, “Katherine,” is always texting my husband, and not me, to make plans to go out to eat. I have asked my husband several times to text Ralph back instead of his wife, but he has ...

Earth Day Trail Clean-up is Monday in Webster County

Webster County Conservation is celebrating Earth Day 2019 by cleaning up the trail from Village Inn to John F. Kennedy Memorial Park from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday. RSVP to Joni Hefley, Webster County Conservation, at jhefley@webstercountyia.org or 576-4258.

Weep for Notre Dame

“I believe that this church offers the carefully discerning such cause for admiration,” the 14th-century French philosopher Jean de Jandun wrote of Notre Dame, “that its inspection can scarcely sate the soul.” A cultural calamity played out on live TV when the Paris cathedral that ...