The Republican-dominated Congress, with the help of a cadre of sell-out conservative Democrats in both chambers, are gearing up to attack Social Security again, under…

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude ishappiness doubled by wonder.  —GK Chesterton ‘Gratitude’ derives from the Latin gratia, which, depending on…

Five years ago, in a new city and in search of a new hobby, I decided to try playing a musical instrument for the first…

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks are stalling while the White House assures its trading partners that this secret trade agreement won't be amended when it comes back…

A speaker at an event I recently attended asked why U.S. food companies put butylated hydroxyltoluene, a food preservative and endocrine disruptor, in cereal sold…

WINSTON CHURCHILL famously said that democracy is the worst political system, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…

Local fisherman in Fukushima Prefecture, home to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Daichi nuclear power station, blamed the plant's operator on Wednesday for knowingly allowing…

In her late 50s, Alice Ramsay returned to the Iowa farm where she’d grown up. She had graduated college in Missouri and spent most of…

Several press reports last week highlight details of the major donors to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, including right-wing Persian Gulf monarchies, big…

For years, honeybees were dying, and no one knew why. There have been some glimmers of hope recently. The number of bee deaths wasn't as…

On Twitter recently, someone asked the question “Why do people doubt science?” Accompanying the tweet was a link to an article in National Geographic that implied…

Chris Kyle's story is now enshrined in celluloid, taking over $300 million at the box office, but the Islamic Army in Iraq also had its…