
It was never as high-profile as “Rudolph” or “Frosty,” but it is worth noting that the animated special “The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas” turns 50 on Dec. 17.

The blue and yellow strips of paper chains are starting to grow around the Christmas tree in our Marley House chapel.

Stung by a succession of high profile polls showing President Joe Biden trailing former president Donald Trump among crucial swing state voters, the White House and its allies in Congress have scrambled to calm jittery nerves and reassure donors and establishment leaders all is well and under control.

As promised, I received from the City of Prescott its traffic counts and safety numbers for the Gail Gardner Way/Fair Street intersection, where a traffic signal has been proposed to replace the four-way stop.

You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America.

Each year the weekend after Thanksgiving, I sense an innate urge to risk life, limb and public humiliation by festooning the exterior of our home with several hundred C9 incandescent lights. (I’m still resisting the whole LED craze - also known as “the Devil’s bulbs.”)

When Hanna died, Levi, a farmer, was left to raise their five daughters by himself. This was no easy task since the girls bickered constantly among themselves. ...

Recently, I was heading home from a local coffeehouse. Along the way, at one specific intersection, there were a few men in a pickup truck with a Confederate flag. Two men were sitting in the back of the truck, and one of them proceeded to yell at me, “Do you see this flag?!”

I understand some commentators are accusing Target of scoring less than a bullseye in dealing with shoplifters.

This year is the first in a while that we haven’t hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house.

The latest data suggests a drop in energy prices may have tamed the inflation monster. President Joe Biden certainly hopes so, since the marks he’s getting from the American people for his handling of the economy are some of the lowest on record.

On Sunday, Nov. 19, we detailed for you a citywide (Prescott) study about speed and pending speed-limit increases in some locations. Reader “Dave” of Yavapai Hills replied ...

My first Stossel TV Fellow, Trevor Kraus, initiated this column. Our video version is called “Freshly Cooked Censorship: Why You Can’t Put ‘Low FODMAP’ on Food Labels.”

I love pumpkin pie. It reminds me of so many happy family gatherings when, after clearing the Thanksgiving table, we’d enjoy pumpkin pie, coffee and deeply satisfying conversation well into the evening.

Most of humanity is well familiar with a flying insect of the family Culicidae. Another name for this blood-sucking pest is the mosquito.

Here in sunny Los Angeles, it’s raining.