IT was the heady 1960s. As a political science student, I developed more than a purely scholarly interest in the writings of Chairman Mao Zedong. Like many of my generation, I read revolutionary ...

MINOT — According to data from the North Dakota Department of Health, there have been three recorded pediatric deaths due to influenza so far this flu season. That might not seem like a lot, until you ...

I don’t remember learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was just like the lyrics to The Temptations’ “My Girl.” I just woke up one day already knowing. And that familiarity makes it easy to take ...

A recent social media post has brought attention to the usage of the r-word. Many are up in arms about it, while others don’t get it at all. The r‑word has been tossed around for years, usually as a ...

The Oxford Dictionary has announced that its 2025 Word of the Year is "rage bait." Perfect. There were many candidates this year, including "rizz," shorthand for charisma, and "Ohio," which is not a ...

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is about participating in and paying attention to nature. Long before technology became the primary means of measuring bird populations, a handful of ...

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Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phase once associated with ...

Draymond Green and Victor Wembanyama got into it Friday after the Frenchman put his American defender on a poster. The San Antonio Spurs star caught an alley-oop pass off a baseline inbound and dunked ...

You’re reading Infinite Scroll, Kyle Chayka’s weekly column on how technology shapes culture. When did having lots of followers lose its inherent appeal? It’s a post-pandemic phenomenon. During the ...

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 free Excel tutorials. Bill "MrExcel" Jelen is the author of 67 books about ...

With midterm elections just about a year away, the signs of a blue wave are looking … well, grim. At least that’s what the polls are showing. Democrats have spent much of 2025 trying to dust off their ...