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As a self-taught human rights worker who relies on local libraries for his primary research, the Kansas City Public Library's 2013 scholar in residenc...

In the face of federal gridlock, economic stagnation, and fiscal turmoil, power in the United States is shifting away from Washington and toward ou...

Players in today’s National Football League are bigger and faster than ever — and that means devastating collisions on the gridiron. The health...

Agatha Award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan discusses her latest mystery, The Wrong Girl, about an i...

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the 20th century – and an impenetrably enigmatic personality who...

Patrick Rosal’s poetry, writes one critic, “skillfully navigates between despair and love, between violence and music, between los...

During her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s, Deborah Shouse explored ways to connect with her and developed new rituals to anchor h...

In the same way that Walter Cronkite was “the most trusted man in America,” Martin Bell represents journalistic integrity and stra...

For nearly 30 years Mark Skousen — financial economist, university professor, and author — has been collecting the wisdom...