I like chess. You have to get your butt kicked before you get any good, and it helps define your ability to see the whole board. I've been naive a good portion of my life. Always wanting to …

This story comes from Marcia Wiedemeier in Burlington. It was a hot Sunday morning.  As we were getting ready for church, my husband, Dan, looked out the bathroom window and spied a pink, …

Something funny kind of fell off the racks in the Missouri legislature this week.  A woman moved to clarify the Legislature's dress code by pointing out that women should be wearing jackets …

We saw Patrick McCaffery step away from the Hawkeye basketball team to get some emotional grounding in his personal life. We saw the same thing from Naomi Osaka several years ago in the world of …

It is amazing what takes up room in our memory.Yes, our basement can accommodate stacks of storage bins and shelves lined with boxes filled with what we politely assure our spouse is “important …

With cold weather upon us, and people heating their homes, the danger of house fires increases as temperatures drop.  This story takes place in 1954.  Mass vaccination of children against …

Few people like being told what they must do. Lorie Smith is one of them.The suburban Denver, Colo., business owner, a devout Christian, builds websites for customers. She wants to expand her …

I was eight and just beginning to comprehend that there might not be a Santa Claus.  It was my older sister that put the tectonic shock in my head.  “It's Mom and Dad, stupid,” …

I can't deck the halls this year because they're all full of boxes. I haven't been much in the Christmas spirit this year. But I did watch a little Bad Santa - what a weird flick.

Marcia Marshall was not going to be outbid.  She started the bidding high for a date with the good looking blonde haired gentleman in a flashy tuxedo.  She had a feeling about this …

Judging from the furrowed brows and dire predictions in Iowa, you might have thought a national Democratic Party committee had voted to eliminate motherhood and apple pie last week.Actually, what the …

It didn’t take Deion Sanders long to make an impression with his new team. Sanders, who took over as Colorado’s football coach over the weekend, met with his new players on Sunday …