Household budgets are under strain. Despite some improvement, the costs of a mortgage or rents are historically high and out of reach for many residents. Construction activity is slowing and economic ...

The author, center, recently made time for a round of golf with friends Becky Boren and Susan Lucas. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” — Winnie the ...

My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my childhood. When we weren’t exploring New York City together, he was writing letters to the editor of The New York Times from his law firm’s office ...

Three giant horse chestnut trees, each over 80 feet tall, stand guard in front of my house. They are gentle giants, producing fragrant blossoms in spring and cooling the house in summer. They vanquish ...

The timing couldn’t be worse for Jeff Bezos to gut The Washington Post newsroom. Scattered reports over the last week suggest the paper could lay off up to 300 people. Bezos has made dubious decisions ...

In his op-ed (“The Un-American Assault on Minnesota,” Jan. 27), Gov. Tim Walz declares, “I have repeatedly appealed to President Trump to lower the temperature. But he refuses.” In the very same op-ed ...

As I prepare to begin a new chapter, Kate and I want to pause and say thank you. Serving as the 15th president of North Dakota State University has been an honor, but more than that, our time here has ...

Daylight Savings Time (DST) may come once a year like clockwork, but it never fails to leave us feeling sluggish in the days ...

Since devolution in 1999, Wales has never lacked for strategies, but what it has lacked is the willingness to confront the trade-offs that sit underneath them and follow through when the evidence ...

The riddle of the Slovenian Sphinx has been solved. The perennial question about what Melania Trump is really like, behind her exquisite mannequin’s mask, has been answered by her new infomercial, ...

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has a lot of stuff in its basket at the moment. And there really will be much more as politics heats up. The other day, the Niger State Governor, Muhammed ...

Copper prices skyrocketed to all-time highs this morning (29th), Hong Kong time, with the three-month benchmark copper futures on the London Metal Exchange (LME) growing to USD13,9... Copper prices ...