Picking out a Christmas tree is usually a no-brainer. Run to Whole Foods. Find a tabletop-size tree. Bring it home. Mix spiked eggnog and play “A Charlie Brown Christmas” album while my wife Amy ...

WHITTIER – Barbed wire, meeting times and trees will be among the potpourri of items facing the Whittier City Council at its 7:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday. The barbed wire item consists of an ordinance to ...

Few inventions that were designed in the 1870s that have not changed since they were patented, and they are still widely used in the 21st century. Barbed wire is an innovation that fits this category, ...