It is easy for our furry friends to get hooked on cartoons, especially when the resemblance is too uncanny to ignore. This ...

We should as well. Pack a cooler, portable grill and a spare gas can and we will all drive to Washington, D.C. But just as far as the beltway. When we all get onto the beltway and try to drive ...

Capital punishment is a dirty, rotten, stinking, nasty business. And we ought not be engaged in it. It is a remnant of a retrograde mentality. Long ago, the argument for its deterrence value went ...

My son was only 8 years old when he suffered a traumatic brain injury. This left Ben with several cognitive issues that required him to have regular supervision. He took part in special education ...

To the Editor: It is no surprise that an individual who has spent 50 years in the cloistered halls of academia wrote the op-ed in Monday’s Union Leader in defense of DEI (diversity, equity and ...

“Cat declawing is a serious surgery, with a cat’s final toe joint being removed, or its tendons being severed,” said Lee, who has two cats, Udon and Soba. “I believe that when it is ...

The recent incident at Rollins Place Elementary in Zachary, where a 6-year-old child with a known milk allergy was given milk and then forced to clean up her feces after experiencing a reaction ...

My family history: I was born in Berlin, Germany. My grandfather was unwilling to fight for the Kaiser in WWI so he picked up dead soldiers for the Red Cross. He was married to a Jewish woman so ...

Dolores Huerta’s birthday on Thursday is a celebration of her lifelong commitment to justice and belief in the power of everyday people. Huerta reminds us we have power — but that power must ...

Meet Leo and Jessie, a pair of young tabbies in need of an adopter who understands that some cats require extra time to trust. Leo is a 1.5-year-old (approx.) swirl tabby with green eyes that make ...

I’d like to address misinformation circulating about the status of environmental investigation at 35 Mill Pond Lane in Ashland, the site of Lakes Region Community Developers’ proposed Village at Mill ...

Today there were 300 people by the old courthouse protesting the destruction of our democracy by the current administration. That is more people protesting than I have ever seen before protesting in ...