Two towering Douglas fir trees at my childhood home framed my childhood and playful inventions. The paired trunks of knurled bark next to my driveway sheltered a needle-carpeted fort. This was home base for the play of long summer afternoons. My friend and I played the “everything job,” a ...

Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University reported on January 6, 2026 that the U.S. birth rate was at a record low in 2024. Between the ages of 15 and 44 the birth rate of average American women was less than the replacement rate of two children. However, since the birth ...

Consider this opinion piece as an attempt to both express some concerns but to also educate on what I have learned about artificial intelligence (AI) by watching thousands of podcasts and surfing the Internet wide and far. First of all, I won’t ever call artificial intelligence "Super ...

The future of higher education requires better collaboration among government, industry, and academia. Universities have the intellectual capital, research infrastructure, and talent. Industry has the market knowledge, practical challenges, and resources to turn discoveries into meaningful ...

Today is Tuesday, November 3. That should ring a bell, especially if you receive land mail, spend time online, watch TV, listen to the radio or are plugged into the world in any way at all. Today is Election Day. It’s the day candidates have anticipated with an emotional mix of hope, dread, ...

During the summer, I drove with my family across a few states for a family church event. A sign I saw gave me hope: "No Kings on Sovereign Land." We often have political discussions in our family, with the passion of others who have fought hard for women's rights and voting It is ever more ...