As a first-generation college student who is now a professor, I know firsthand the vital role libraries play in providing access to knowledge and opportunity, especially for those from underserved backgrounds.  At my university, nearly…

Stocks took another header Monday as trade uncertainty continues to unnerve investors, and President Trump threatened China with an additional 50% tariff on top of the 54% already promised. One certainty is that his tariffs…

If you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper,” then congratulations: you have a firmer grip on reality…

I had the pleasure of listening to Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, speak at Pittsburg State University last night. The event was part of the H. Lee Scott Speaker Series…

According to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, Greenland and Canada have everything to gain and nothing to lose from being annexed to the United States. “Denmark hasn’t done a good job at…

Democrats solidified their 4-3 progressive majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the ramifications are nationwide. The comfortable win by Democratic Judge Susan Crawford is the second sign in two weeks of a…

Emmanuel Macron’s troubled second presidential term was already set to go down as one of the most turbulent in the history of France’s Fifth Republic.  A succession of prime ministers have come and gone at…

LAKE PLACID, NY. — As the owner of the Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa in Lake Placid, New York, I have had the privilege of being part of a community that embodies the best…

Not so long ago, helping refugees get settled was largely uncontroversial.  Since World War II, the United States has distinguished between immigrants, who choose to leave their country, and refugees, who are forced to.  In…

They talked by phone for over two hours, but Vladimir Putin left Donald Trump with almost nothing to show for it — a slap in the face that only a man possessed of unbounded chutzpah…