“Only 43 Percent Now Believe America is the Last Best Hope of Mankind,” a headline from Rasmussen polling proclaimed in July 2012. We can only hope that this arrogant and arguably narcissistic...

The nature of structured language is to define things, to put things in boxes; this is how we function and communicate as a society. We assign meaning to certain words, and thus labels to people, things,...

There’s little debate that wind energy has been a boon to Iowa’s economy and is an integral component of future economic prosperity. The Iowa Wind Energy Association notes that the wind industry employs...

The city of Canton, Ohio, made the news this Thanksgiving, but it wasn’t for football. We instead heard of a food drive held at one of the city’s Walmart stores, inviting employees to help...

When one of my friends told me that she wanted to work as a news correspondent in war zones, I thought of how dangerous that would be and warned her to consider her safety. However, a new study conducted...

On Dec. 1, countries around the globe recognized the 25th World Aids Day. The annual event aims to bring more awareness about the efforts to fight the disease, which killed more than 25 million people...

Growing up as a Jew, it is simply assumed that not only are the actions of the Israeli government and people justified, they are also morally correct. Period. As I’ve grown older, however, I have...

Instead of using his acceptance speech at the American Music Awards last month to talk solely about his journey as a musician, Macklemore allotted 60 seconds to speak out against racial profiling. “Due...

Throughout much of recorded history, governments have provided assistance to the poor in various forms, from ancient Rome to medieval Islamic caliphates to early modern England all the way to present-day...

So I see we all (well, most of us, anyway) made it through Black Friday, if not Cyber Monday, without too many casualties (outside of credit-card balances). Outside of sense, too (or maybe that’s...

Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts Shangri-La and America’s foremost hideaway for wearers of embroidered felt vests, is suing the government for “[running] roughshod” over the religious...

Obamacare isn’t in a great place from a public-opinion standpoint. After the botched launch of the tie-in health-care insurance site healthcare.gov and nearly 5 million canceled insurance plans,...