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…

A candidate for president of the United States recently said: “wokeness is a virus that is more dangerous than any pandemic.” Other politicians claimed that wokeness caused the collapse of more than one bank, with…

Surveys of pediatricians show that a great majority believe educating families about safe firearm storage is a natural extension of health care, yet less than half actually do it. Why not? Because it takes extra…

We’re almost to the All-Star Game, the halfway point of the Major League Baseball season. In my mind, we can already draw two conclusions. One is disheartening: the Royals’ season is over. The boys in…

It has been nearly 40 years since Congress was able to find common ground on the future of Social Security. While millions of people depend on the system as a lifeline, politicians have done little…