Years ago, I tried to free myself at 5:30 each evening to recap the day’s major events by watching the network news. Walter Cronkite on CBS mo…
Back in 2009, I had the pleasure of going to dinner with Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. Baucus was one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act …
Some of America’s favorite shopping destinations from the past few decades are disappearing, with big-name closings seeming to take on sudden …
The Eau Claire City Council this week is poised to decide, or at least further discuss, if it wants to become a financial partner with UW-Eau …
Clarity and brevity in newspaper writing were drilled into my head early and often throughout my journalism career.
This week, many in the Chippewa Valley and around the world will raise their glasses and toast a new year and a new decade.
There is a strong case to be made that things are getting better.
We're crawling on your skin. Teeming under your toenails. And lurking on your doorknobs and countertops.
In song, this is called “the most wonderful time of the year,” but homeowners might disagree, at least a little, as they open their property t…
As winter approaches, I find myself contemplating the impending death of my Great Pyrenees dog, Jesse — as magnificent an animal as I’ve known…
News: A temporary employee of the Eau Claire County Finance Department admits stealing $20,000 in public funds for personal use after being on…
Fiona Hill, the former top National Security Council expert on Russia, set the record straight on that country's attack on the 2016 election.
Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher is a highly decorated combat veteran, who made the mistake of posing for a photograph with a dead ISIS combatant.
“The purpose of the presidency is not the glorification of the president,” South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg recently declared, “but the …
WASHINGTON — Sarah Lewis, the brilliant art historian and curator, won a wide audience a few years ago for her book “The Rise,” which has an i…
Their origins couldn’t be more different — one in the liberal Pacific Northwest, the other in the Bible Belt. And yet despite existing in a co…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, leader of the Democratic effort to impeach President Donald Trump, told colleagues recently…
Thanksgiving is a time when family and friends of all generations gather. I look forward to this event; it is a time of joy and gratitude. But…
During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 13, Ambassador William Taylor described our diplomatic relations with Ukr…
It is one of the most effective ways to protect our health: herd immunity. By vaccinating the vast majority of people in a population, we can …
The drumbeat of negativity coming out of Washington, D.C., is hitting supersonic volumes these days.
Since the beginning of the year, seven states have executed 19 men convicted of murder. That ranks among the lowest annual execution totals si…
On Friday, the Leader-Telegram’s front page featured everything that is right and wrong with our society in today’s political environment. We …
The U.S. Constitution First Amendment right of a free press is a bedrock principle for serious journalists.
Nobody asked, but …
One of the great things college teaches us is that it's not always simple. Answers can be complex and nuanced.
While most of Washington was on vacation in August, lobbyists for doctors were busy placing ads attacking the recent effort in Congress to end…
There’s way too much negativity in this world, and it doesn’t get much more negative than the recent racist post on the dormitory door of a UW…