Like it or not, this is tax season. For those who choose to file their tax forms, maybe they’ll get a refund, maybe not, and maybe they’ll get audited. That’s the best part about doing taxes. It’s...

With millions of Americans out of work, uninsured and struggling to get by, what was most of this country glued to last Friday at about 11:30 a.m.? No, not the Price is Right, but rather a billionaire,...

LONDON — For the first time in my life, I had the feeling I was being watched. I knew I was being watched, actually.I visited the Tate Modern art museum in London a couple weekends ago and was enjoying...

It was late Saturday night. I had a column ready to go about Tiger Woods and my refusal to watch his contrived apology and how society should not feel entitled to any information about this man’s personal...

It’s that time of the year again.Last week, students interested in Undergraduate Student Government had to turn in their applications, and this week, they’ve begun campaigning for their positions....

In the last two weeks, two incidents took place and stuck in my mind. In both cases the perpetrators of the deeds have taken extreme measures to cope with situations of stress. I refer to Amy Bishop, the...

PARTA is about to get a new home.The state of Ohio received $50 million through the Federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant.The Kent downtown revitalization project...

We are a nation that loves disasters. We flock to them like nothing else except maybe the Super Bowl and a Black Friday sale at Best Buy. Some of the first tragedies that come to mind are of course 9/11,...

For weeks, there has been a huge political scandal brewing in my hometown.Not surprisingly, the small village of about 2,000 people — who are mostly conservative Republicans — is upset with the government,...

Exposure to violence on TV, the Internet, in movies and video games can be harmful to children. It can frighten, desensitize, lead to aggressive behavior and depict violence as an acceptable solution to...

“There was no indication that the accident was caused by deficiencies in the track.”This is the conclusion the International Luge Federation (FIL) and the Vancouver Olympic Committee came to after...

There’s a volatile debate raging in Congress right now, and it’s a matter concerned very much with life and death. What I am talking about, of course, is the sprawling political matter known as health...