The U.S. Senate’s report on American torture tactics doesn’t tell us anything new — just were afraid to admit.Five years in the making, the report released Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee found that CIA…

Dear editor, First, I would like to thank everyone who signed up to donate monthly to ACARF. (Allen County Animal Rescue Facility.) You may never know how much that means to us.  The community support is…

Another American hostage was murdered Saturday by Al Qaeda extremists in Yemen, a small country in the Arabian Peninsula with an oversized propensity for zealotry. Luke Somers, 33, was killed during an attempted rescue mission…

Yogi Berra, the Yankees Hall of Fame catcher, is well known for missteps — probably purposeful for effect — in interviews; “90 percent of baseball is 50 percent mental,” comes to mind.In his book “You…

The November jobs report released Friday is a shot in the arm for the nation’s economy. The best part of seeing more new jobs is that they are coming with higher wages. Finally, employers are…

If the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown had been equipped as well as Iola and Allen County law enforcement officers, the public would have a much better idea if the…

Small communities such as Iola endeavor to remain an attractive place to live and work not only to outsiders, but also to their children.The competition from metropolitan areas is stiff. The United States is increasingly…

Food is for the body; fellowship for the soul.Both are necessary to be healthy.So come out Thursday to First Presbyterian Church’s Thanksgiving Day meal, beginning at 2:30 p.m.We are an increasingly insular society, despite our…

The Presidential Medals of Freedom were awarded Monday afternoon in a moving ceremony.Nineteen — six posthumously — activists, artists, scientists, and public servants were recognized for their contributions to further U.S. security, world peace or…

Lynne Murray was sworn in as president of Baker University on Friday. She is the school’s 29th president in its 156-year history and its second female president.Murray replaces Patricia Long, who took the reins in…