I sometimes wonder what a potential future grandchild might ask me about this time we’re living in and how I...

The fourth of July always sets me to thinking about things.  Part of the reason for that is the Declaration...

Things are not okay.  I’ve been opening articles and other things I’ve written about rural America with that sentence for...

This is about a serious issue that I believe many people aren’t understanding. Now, again, I stress that I’m not...

I don’t know about y’all, but when I hear or see things related to the coronavirus, I kind of feel...

One learns.  One lives, and one learns.  Sometimes, learning comes as the result of patient teaching.  Sometimes, it is the...

I originally wrote this for our local newspaper, where I write a science and community health column.  I’m posting it...

Most of us are decent people.  We just want to have a fair opportunity to work to support ourselves and...

I initially wrote this article in 2017 while I was sitting in a hotel room in Washington, DC, at a...

Life expectancy has gone down in the United States for each of the last three years.  After decades of steady...