Democracy survives only when people practice self-governance through persuasion, respect, awareness and participation.

I was 4 the first time housing stopped feeling stable. Both of my parents worked, often holding multiple jobs, yet stability never followed. Even before we lost housing, basic necessities were ...

While year-end recaps tend to focus more on popular movies, shows and music from the previous year, books rarely receive the same kind of attention. But the checkout data given from the Monroe County ...

The newspapers in the school library hung from wooden newspaper sticks, slatted oak holders that kept the pages stiff and communal. Because of the vagaries of the mail, it was probably weeks after the ...

When it’s time to take stock at the end of the year, I always start with gratitude. I am grateful to work in the world of books, where the news is generally good, or at least not heartbreaking. My ...

Though my feet have remained on Earth the entirety of 2025, my mind spent a surprising amount of time in space. When I was a kid, I'd do deep dives of space and planets. I had a composition notebook ...

Editor’s note: Opinions expressed by columnists are solely the opinion of that person and not necessarily the Daily Journal. I’ve always been a fan of romance books, but the years during and after the ...

It appears with winter’s early arrival that we could be spending more time with a good book the next couple of months. But before I give you some “Records & Radio” reading, a quiz question. In 2011, ...