In the mid-90s, Ron Howard directed a gritty movie about the inner workings of a daily newspaper. “The Paper” included a memorable rant from the newspaper’s executive editor, played by the actor ...

Saturday was a very cold and windy day, so the men were unable to put the roof metal on the new pole barn. They kept busy doing other work on the barn such as building the sliding doors, putting on ...

Opinion writing is famous for a host of microlabels — columns, editorials, op-eds, guest essays, letters to the editor and even cartoons. While each of these pieces serves a distinct purpose, their ...

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For the majority of the 23 years I have written this weekly column, the primary focus has been on food and restaurants. In 2011, a dozen years into my writing career, I spent six months overseas with ...

Every Monday for more than 30 years, Mychal Wilmes starts to think about what will become his next column. “Then it kind of mulls around in my head,” Wilmes said recently over coffee at a cafe in ...

Dear Readers: After 21 years writing the “Ask Amy” column, I’m announcing that I’m leaving this space. My final column will run at the end of June. I’m healthy, happy, and 64 years old. This is a ...

As I was sitting around the other day, procrastinating about writing this column, it occurred to me that if I just got busy I could knock one out in an hour or so. After a few more games of solitaire, ...

Some have described different forms of news as neighborhoods. There's the hard news, the sports, the features and much more. These neighborhoods exist in different sizes with different properties with ...

I see you’ve disregarded my first instruction. That was what I was hoping for. That was good journalism, if you ask me. My high school English teacher once told me that writing makes you immortal. I ...

I always wanted to be a writer. Well, maybe not always. When I was 10, I wanted to be the centerfielder for the New York Giants. My writing ambitions began when I was 18 and attending a community ...