Dying younger. Living harder. Going broke. It is difficult to overstate the longitudinal effects of excess weight in America. An estimated seven in 10 Americans are overweight or obese. The combination, according to the National…

July 18 was one of the hottest days ever in Iola. However, it wasn’t Tuesday. Rather, on July 18, 1954, the mercury nearly blew off the top of the thermometer when it hit 115 degrees.…

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — For at least 80 days, ever since drought and mismanagement sapped the drinking water supply of my country’s capital, the water that has come out of our taps has tasted terribly of…

One day in the spring of 1954, J. Robert Oppenheimer ran into Albert Einstein outside their offices at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Oppenheimer had been the director of the institute since…

When this column appears, I will have just arrived in Odesa, Ukraine. I want to see how Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are faring on the ground, as the country wages its counteroffensive against the Russian…

Last week my three brothers and I met for the first time in seven years. Husband Brian and I went to Vermont, where brothers Emerson and Angelo live. Mike is in Connecticut. Previously, we had…

Strategic planning is a vital process that provides a framework for operational planning, enabling organizations to fulfill their mission, vision, and meet the needs of stakeholders.  Allen Community College recognizes the significance of strategic planning…

I love teaching. But I hate grading. I am not alone in this. Most teachers, instructors and professors — from kindergarten to doctoral classes — embrace the daily work of being an educator: preparing lectures,…

LINCOLN, Vt. — The capital of Vermont — the state that often tops those “best states to move to avoid climate change” lists — was, until Tuesday afternoon, mostly underwater. Swollen by record-breaking rainfall, the…

It used to be you could get fired from a government job for being too prejudiced.  Now, in Sterling, Kansas, you get fired for not being prejudiced enough.  Last week, the town’s library board sacked…