The spirit of Christmas came to Martins Ferry on Friday in the form of toys to bring joy to some of the youngest residents of our community. Beginning at 12:30 p.m. that day, The Times Leader office opened its doors to families with children age 10 and younger. At least an hour before we ...

Newspapers carried the joyous news of the birth of “Prince of a Baby” on Sept. 16, 1984. Princess Diana, with Prince Charles at her side, gave birth after nine hours of labor to her second child — a boy weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, Buckingham Palace announced. “He’s a lovely ...

The two parties disagree even when they agree, as they do about this: Federal spending is on an unsustainable trajectory under current law. They also agree that altering the most important drivers of this trajectory — Social Security and Medicare — is for tomorrow, which is always a day ...

Television producer Norman Lear, who died last week at age 101, probably could not get away today with what he put on the small screen in the ‘70s with his iconic sitcoms “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons.” As Mel Brooks did in his movies”The Producers” and “Blazing ...

Ryan Burge is a data analyst who synthesizes information about religion and politics in the United States. He publishes his findings and observations regularly on Substack. Last week, he wrote an article titled “How Weird is the Religious Composition of Harvard’s Student Body?” In it, he ...

It’s — finally — beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house. Although I had hoped to have everything in order to welcome family and friends to visit a couple of weeks ago, life got in the way. Under the heading of “it never rains but it pours,” Mike and I had car trouble ...