Social Issues

America, eat your heart out!

What would Thanksgiving be without the feast? In case you find yourself scrambling for some last-minute recipes...

Avoid agricultural chemicals in your holiday dinner.

Evidence of chemical threats to human health from contaminated foods has grown in recent decades. Planning a...

Ready or not, here it comes!

A nationwide FEMA alert will occur today (Oct. 4) ostensibly to test US preparedness in the event of a national...

This is a test!

Long before cell phones were conceived, Americans remember the blaring sound and words of the Emergency...

Ready for takeoff? Not so fast.

When University of Florida professor Harrison Hove boarded American Airlines Flight 5916 bound for Gainesville,...

Shot down over Romania in 1943, the young soldier was never forgotten by his family and is honored by strangers.

The side streets and a country highway were lined with flags as a three-mile-long procession of hundreds wound...

Don’t leave this issue to the left; our planet – and the cows – will thank you.

By John Klar If the title of this commentary sounds discordant, that in itself proves the challenge: Why aren’t...

The United States remains an exceptional country.

It’s the Fourth of July – Independence Day. For many, it will be a day at the beach or public park. There will be...

Running late for that July 4 BBQ?

Never let it be said Americans lack ingenuity or the ability to turn a cartoon into reality. Such is the case...