I recently climbed into a red-light therapy booth at Tropical Tan expecting little more than an interesting experience. Instead, I came away wondering whether we've spent decades thinking about light …

Today, April 9, newspapers and communities across the country are marking Local News Day, a national day of action celebrating the trusted local news and information that helps communities stay …

The press is the only private industry specifically protected by name in the U.S. Constitution – in the First Amendment. Why? Because the founders understood that, for democracy to survive, it …

Now that election day has passed and the ballots are being counted, we thought it would be interesting to ask Artificial Intelligence to predict the winners. For better or worse, AI is quickly …

Another mass shooting. Another round of “thoughts and prayers.” Nothing changes. It’s depressing. How many more of these mass shootings like last week’s in Minneapolis must we …

When I was young, my father tired of me and my siblings telling each other to “shut up.” He said it was rude and crude and suggested a simple “”Please be quiet” would …

Imagine a city with fewer police on the street, no more animal control, parks close early or shut down altogether, public restrooms closed, litter everywhere, no more Summer Market, Fourth of July, …

Like many people across America, I took a break last week from yard work, cookouts, and visiting with family and friends to attend a Memorial Day ceremony. About 70 people participated in the …

Mary Lou Morrow spoke her mind. The late school teacher had an opinion about pretty much everything that was on the City Council agenda. And she didn’t hesitate to share it. In fact, …

I saw him standing smack dab in the middle of the intersection next to my house when I drove home for lunch. Seemingly unafraid. It was like Gary Cooper waiting to take on my neighbor, not with …

Andy Warhol’s “Campbell Soup Cans” series originally sold for around $1,000 each in 1962. In 2006, one of them sold for $11.8 million. In 1964, the pop artist sold his first …

Sometimes tragedy is just too painful, too large to absorb. The disastrous California wildfires that wiped out whole neighborhoods a few weeks ago got me to thinking about the increasing dangers we …

I’m at that age where I really don’t need “stuff” for Christmas. In fact, I’m slowly unloading. Nevertheless, I did ask for a couple of specific gifts, including a …

Back in the 19th century, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” — the more things change, the more they …

I’m a procrastinator. Like some of you, perhaps, I developed this propensity for dawdling during my adolescence. It was many a Sunday evening when I finally got around to homework, assigned …

I believe in gremlins. Don’t go away; let me explain. Thanks to science, we know that we humans have limited abilities to experience all that surrounds us. We learned about the …