Another disappointment: There are few things more emblematic of American ingenuity than the quiet, patient work of scientific research, especially when that work intersects with agriculture, tradition ...

There was a time not so long ago when schools that didn’t provide a laptop for every student were considered behind the curve. Now it seems some schools are looking to return to a more old-school ...

On Monday, our congressional delegation sought — once again — to have the Trump administration release $810 million in federal funding that would help more than 10 million Americans living in poverty, ...

It’s not even rhetorical right now. We can all point to something tangible when someone posits, “Why is everyone so grumpy?” The news is brutal. We know it all too well. News gathering has its own ...

If a federal bureaucracy falls in the middle of Washington, D.C., and no one notices, did it really matter? Just more than a year ago, President Donald Trump signed an executive order closing the ...

American author Parker Palmer once wrote, “Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It’s about reclaiming the power of ‘We the People’ to come together, debate the common good and ...

From professional sports to wars on the other side of the globe, online gambling has proven it can skew major events in dangerous ways. This industry is becoming a threat, and the United States should ...

Last week, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to threaten voting by mail, as Washington and other states do it, during oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee. This ...

Tiger Woods was “involved in another car accident,” and the “question is why he continues to drive himself (literally and figuratively) when his legacy is secure, he has nothing left to prove and his ...

It’s never good to realize that every time a press release drops from one of your state’s most powerful offices, the immediate reaction is “Oh, Lord. What now?” But this time, James Uthmeier — the ...

The Chicago suburb of Naperville already has an extensive system of building codes and inspections, so when it began to consider adding another layer earlier this year, area homebuilders were alarmed.

For some members of the community, the most notable aspect of John Taylor’s sentence — six years for killing two people — is how it stacks up to Tina Peters’ nine-year prison term for crimes related ...