On July 4, 1776, fifty-six men and their families risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor for the radical idea that governments derive their power from the consent ...

As we reflect on the 250th anniversary of our country's founding, a look back at the debates and wisdom of our founders is instructive for our future success.

How we manage coal, and what we do with the waste it leaves behind, is a choice we get to make. We can make a better one.

Back in the 1980s and into the 1990s, The Daily Democrat and other newspapers initiated a “reader call in” column. The ...

Anicka Yi’s “Message from the Mud” uses algae and microbial colonies to explore scent, power and humanity’s uneasy relationship with the natural world.

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More than once, Boise State was at the heart of controversial BCS decisions. Then along came the CFP. Will there ever be an ...

Stop losing your manual Excel edits during data updates with this guide to preserving custom columns in Power Query.

Democrats and Republicans tend not to discuss politics at social events. Recently, however, conversation at a local restaurant converged into two shared concerns: growing income inequality and ...

Rising early in the morning is an acquired taste. “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Ben ...

"Catholic social teaching is not a collection of eternal principles that can be applied in every historical context," writes ...

Madonna’s 1985 anthem “Material Girl” looks very quaint in 2026. As she sang that “the boy with the cold hard cash is always ...