Thanks, Standard Examiner, for the new additions to your paper! I have always enjoyed Dear Annie. It's comforting to know that I don't have it so bad. And Dr. Steve has beneficial perspectives. With your new additions I can get some useful "Hints From Heloise" and helpful comments from Dr. ...

The first time I ever voted, I chose all Republican candidates. Growing up, I was deeply influenced by my conservative (and loving) grandfather. However, the Republican Party in those years was very different from the party it is today. The leaders of the Republican Party have evolved into ...

The trial of Lindsay Clancy forces us to confront a tragedy almost beyond human comprehension: A mother killed her three young children -- 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan -- inside their Massachusetts home. We must begin with those children. They were innocent, ...

It's midterms crunch time, so we are hearing endless political promises from all candidates. My hope is that with so much talk about affordability and economic growth, a voter or two would raise their hand and ask about price controls and credit card caps. These might seem such minuscule ...

ARTHURDALE, West Virginia -- The road into this quiet Preston County community gives little warning that it was once the setting for one of the New Deal's most ambitious, and most debated, experiments. Ninety-three years ago, Arthurdale became the first experimental community established ...

Democrats are in a quandary over the Supreme Court. Every four years, they've warned their voters that electing a Republican president will lead to more conservative Supreme Court justices. And yet since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 through today, they've lost more presidential elections ...