Languishing schools | Broader purpose | Damaged goods. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Dec. 16, 2025.

Marie Curie's powerful words, "Life is not easy... We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves," resonate deeply today. Facing immense personal and professional hurdles, including ...

College Football Playoff 12-team bracket: James Madison, Miami, Alabama in; Notre Dame, Duke out ‘Operation kill everybody’: Hegseth played by Colin Jost on ‘SNL’ Powerball jackpot climbs to $875 ...

Agnieszka Holland is one of the more seasoned directors vying for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar. But then, she’s always been ahead of the curve: two years before Titanic, she cast a ...

EUROPE’S leaders are poised to deliver a historic blow to Russia – if they can agree a way to use €200 billion of Kremlin ...

In centuries past, my hometown of Winchester was a bustling centre of English Jewish life. Today, I am one of the few.

Writer Annie Ernaux - whose work fearlessly examines her own life - went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Next week's CAP protest is about the brass tacks issue of funding for farmers across the next 10 years, but Micheál Martin ...

With 2025 marking the start of the century’s second quarter, the age of instability rolled on. The ominous sense that even ...

The Escapist breaks down the complete and chaotic Black Ops 7 Zombies timeline from ancient Aether lore to Ultimus in WW2 to ...

In 2025, the bagel claims the very top of the Deliveroo 100, proof of a worldwide appetite for this now‑iconic ring of dough.

Bitcoin has already been hit with a far more aggressive reset than equities or gold. This matters, because when risk appetite ...