The full-contact sport of football is one that is rife with risks. The public and the players have for some time known the dangers posed to the brain by the forceful blows to the head…

In the fiscal year that ended this September, people from around the world chose us. At some 970,000 naturalizations, it was the third highest year on record for immigrants becoming American citizens. This is a…

The emergence of immigration policy as a constant source of seeming contradiction under President Joe Biden was a development few expected. Improbably, this was underscored this week by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch — a…

Because state coffers are currently flush, a flat tax rate is once again being proposed.  Kansas, don’t go there. A system where all are taxed the same amount on their earnings will yield far less…

This nation owes a debt of gratitude to Congress for passing the Electoral Count Reform Act as part of the $1.7 trillion year-end funding bill in one of the last acts of the lame-duck session.…

Rather quietly, a new age of atomic energy may be approaching. Splitting atoms may not be as exciting as fusing them, or as modish as wind and solar projects. Yet old-fashioned fission is poised to…

Statistically, it should come as no surprise that the United States is in a tight labor market. Baby boomers are retiring. And fast. The COVID-19 pandemic started the wave. Rather than return to the office…

Like everything at West Point, it’s all organized and planned. According to the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, while the Corps of Cadets is away this winter break, the beautiful…

It was a year that put the world to the test. From the invasion of Ukraine to COVID-19 in China, from inflation to climate change, from Sino-American tensions to pivotal elections, 2022 asked hard questions.…

It’s our worst nightmare how quickly Afghan women have lost 20 years of hard-earned rights. In the past year, the ruling Taliban have decided that females cannot receive an education past seventh grade; may not…