In today's LTE Donald Plummer seems to have a defeatist attitude about great empires doomed to failure. A quick look at those he listed I found a common thread: corruption, weak leadership, ...

Hooray for the Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission’s measured criticism of the pink mixed-use project at 813 Garden St., as reported in the Dec. 17 article, “Santa Barbara Commission Deems ...

BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — If you thought Santa was an old man who lives in the North Pole, you may be surprised to find out Santa is actually a 62-year-old Texas woman… at least for one neighborhood. Holly ...

Braydon Fisher wasn't supposed to be this good in his rookie season. The scouting reports on the 25-year-old right-hander always mentioned his power arm but questioned whether he could throw enough ...

I’m writing in response to a letter to the editor on 11-29. It seems the writer is offended by the “old and boring” letters to the editors by repeat writers concerning Donald Trump. It is simple ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s repeated mockery of the word “affordability” is worrying Republican strategists, who say the fixation risks undercutting White House efforts to ...

Regarding the Dec. 2 article, “Paseo Nuevo Housing Plan Falls Short with Santa Barbara Council,” the criticisms raised by the City Council and the public at the Paseo Nuevo public hearing about the ...

Is history repeating itself in the United States of America? Many American newspapers published the following news release by the United Press about life in Nazi Germany in one of the years leading up ...

LOS ANGELES — It's not odd to see teams run special team trick plays, but No. 21 Southern California pulled off one of the sneakiest fake punts you'll ever see. It looked impressive from the punter, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane was nearly airborne when a bell sounded in the cockpit. For the next 25 seconds, the bell rang and the pilots tried to control the aircraft as it barely lifted ...