Amid celebrations of our nation's 250th birthday, Gallup serves up a sobering portrait of general dissatisfaction with our nation's core institutions. "Confidence in U.S. institutions Remains Near All-Time Low," reports Gallup. Of 14 core institutions - banks, big business, labor, ...
Labor Day arrives each year as summer begins to loosen its grip. Families gather, grills are lit, and millions of Americans enjoy a well-earned day of rest. It should mean more than a long weekend. It should remind us of the dignity of work, the sacrifices of those who built this ...
A farmer can't make his plants grow, but he can create the conditions that lead to their flourishing. A society can't make its citizens virtuous, but it can nurture the institutions that lead to virtuous citizens. Great thinkers in Western civilization have long noted the importance ...
The 2026 autumn semester has quickly entered full swing, and I am eager to see how my English composition students at Ohio State University's Lima campus approach their research for their first essay. We have not yet had our library research sessions, but some have expressed ...
The race for control of the Senate next January is a dead heat. Conventional wisdom suggests the contests in swingy states like Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and Georgia could prove decisive. But it's possible that the fate of the chamber known as the "world's greatest deliberative body" ...
With the level of concern over data centers rising to near-hysteria, you'd think people were suddenly rushing to build nuclear waste dumps next to elementary schools throughout the country and that radioactive sludge was threatening to engulf children across America. At this point, data ...
