I have been thinking a lot about how important insects are to the circle of life. My wife and her sister Debi are doing their part by trying to help Monarch butterflies thrive and survive in the … more

Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way. Maybe we have friends or family who’ve been diagnosed, or maybe you’re one of the 18 million people in the U.S. living as a cancer survivor. … more

I have been thinking a lot lately about fathers and how they affect the lives of their children, especially since Father’s Day will be observed on June 21st this year. My dad passed in 2003 at the … more

Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way. Maybe we have friends or family who’ve been diagnosed, or maybe you’re one of the 18 million people in the U.S. living as a cancer survivor. … more

As many of us know, keeping weight in check can be hard. And national numbers certainly reflect this. Rates of overweight and obesity in the U.S. have steadily climbed since the early 1980s. The … more

It’s a number to celebrate: 3.9 million. That’s the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with efforts to curb cigarette smoking. Seen another way, this translates to over … more

My grandfather, wise man that he was, offered me one of the finest tidbits of wisdom for which I am forever grateful. The fact that he gave it to me at the ripe old age of eight, and that I had no … more

OSAGE COUNTY — Artificial intelligence is getting very good at sounding confident. Too good, sometimes. That’s what struck me during a recent late-night exchange with the AI assistant I … more

As the parent of a nonverbal child with autism, the condition is not one that I watch from the sidelines; it’s one that defines my family’s experiences every day. Every time public … more