Getting started isn’t the hard part in so much of what we do in life. It’s finishing the job. Nowhere is that more important than in education, because so much of what we can expect out of life is determined by whether we get that high school diploma and that college degree. more

A co-worker has told me for years that in small-town journalism, sometimes you just have to take the steak. The words are a statement about journalistic ethics that I took on face value until Monday night. more

WASHINGTON — The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table.House Republicans, after howling for years about … more

WASHINGTON — You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama’s fudging and fumbling … more

Gillette does need a dog park, as the article in last week’s paper explained. Gillette has so many wonderful facilities. I am in awe of the Rec Center, the library and the many programs offered … more

The opinion “Gillette kindness was evident” in the May 6 News Record fired me up a little with a “like-minded” appreciation. This opinion was by Johnathan Lowery of Barstow, Calif., … more

From the May 8, 1908 Gillette News:Through the efforts of Congressman Mondell, the Secretary of the Interior has so modified the coal regulations that entries can now be made before local officers … more

The report from the Arlington, Va., Police Department is, on its face, hardly newsworthy:“SEXUAL BATTERY, 05/05/13, 500 block of S. 23rd Street. On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject … more

WASHINGTON — Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: … more