Austen wrote the letter to her older sister on April 11, 1805, from Bath. Sotheby's Jane Austen’s closest confidante was her older sister, Cassandra. The two women—who were almost three years ...

Here is this week’s letter to the editor of the Herald Times Reporter. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the Sept. 15 ...

In a rush to consecrate our elected president, we seem to have forgotten that people died during his coup attempt, and many civil servants were wounded trying to keep the vice president alive from his ...

Was anyone surprised that Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” passed through Congress? After all, didn’t the smartest, most powerful person on earth draft it? We all know who is in charge of Congress and ...

Are we becoming an autocracy? 1. Authoritarians clamp down on free speech and control information and media. Trump has ended funding for public radio and TV and has sued media companies in order to ...