Politicians apparently don’t watch the NOVA documentaries aired on PBS, because if they did, they would have seen “Polar Extremes” narrated by the Smithsonian’s Dr. Kirk Johnson, who shows that manmade carbon dioxide is insignificant to that produced by Mother Nature via ...

My sister finally came north for a week — she couldn’t take the oppressive heat in South Carolina anymore. However, I thought, until recently, that our biggest weather story of the summer had been the many, unusually hazy days we have had caused by wildfires burning in Canada and in the ...

By Mark Mix As you shop for back-to-school supplies for your kids or food for the Labor Day cookout, consider this: The clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers, and factory workers who make that possible can all be legally forced to pay money to a union or else be fired. You see, New York is ...

When did we take politics out of the hands of the adults? Nothing gets solved when two parties turn their backs, throw insults, and refuse to talk. When invitations to the table are declined because of rumors and outlandish accusations no one is satisfied. Instead, we allow the disrupters ...

Consider the benefits you enjoy at your workplace: paid time off, meal breaks, family leave, health insurance, or even just a reasonable work shift. Now, imagine not having any of these and getting paid far less for more work. Just a few generations ago, that was the norm. In fact, for many, it ...

CHAUTAUQUA—The mantra that Americans are more divided than ever is way past the point of being tiresome. Have those repeating the mantra never heard of: ¯ The War of Independence and all that led to it? ¯ The War Between the States and all that led to it? ¯ What happened to Native ...