Willis Alan Ramsey was only 21 when he released his self-titled debut album in 1972. Its best-known song, “Muskrat Candlelight,” became a major hit as “Muskrat Love” recorded by Captain & Tennille.

As a reader, I like to set goals to diversify the books I choose, which helps me avoid reading slumps and pushes me to pick books I may have otherwise overlooked. My goals this year include reading ...

PAUL CAIN isn’t his real name. Is slender, blond, usually bearded. He wasted his first thirty years as a matter of course and principle; wandered over South America, Europe, northern Africa and the ...

Early voting in the Nov. 3 election is now in its final week. Early in-person voting will run through Monday, Nov. 2, the day before the election, and all mail-in absentee ballots must be received in ...

It’s a little after 9 a.m. in the Iowa 80 Kitchen. The waitress, dropping my plate of biscuits and eggs on the table, says, “Hope you like gravy,” and boy, is she not kidding. Ahead of me: 12 hours in ...