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Stiehm: A rose helps quiet the noise inside

My father, Richard, 91, was missing his departed friends and folk, so I suggested planting a memory garden. Close to his heart was Leon Rosenberg, his friend from Randall School to the University of Wisconsin and medical school. They knew each other from ages 10 to 89, when Leon died. They ...

Zito: Steel plant falls in West Virginia, but no one hears a sound

WEIRTON, West Virginia — The hum is gone. It was a sound that told locals that men and women were working. It told small businesses that have tried to hold on, after each cutback at the iconic steel mill that for over 100 years defined their skyline, that people would need their services. ...

Robbins: At age 100, Lt. Benjamin inspires still

If 100 can be said to be the new 70, Lt. Alfred D. Benjamin of the Army Air Corps' 384th Bomb Group has to be the expression's poster boy. Ramrod-straight and sharp as the proverbial tack, the Canton, Massachusetts, centenarian is as smart as the salute he gives as he finishes an interview ...

Garvey: Under the big top in Manhattan, Trump’s the ringmaster

There's a three-ring circus playing in a Manhattan courthouse right now, with Donald Trump taking the role of the hollering ringmaster leading the show. As he juggles multiple indictments — on accusations of everything from election interference to misuse of campaign funds — he directs his ...

Erickson: Biden’s impeachable moment

On Dec. 18, 2019, House Democrats impeached Donald Trump. They found he had withheld congressionally approved arms and aid to Ukraine in order to influence Ukraine's decision on an investigation of Joe Biden. On May 8, 2024, Joe Biden announced he would withhold congressionally approved arms ...