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"More culture war nonsense," wrote of friend of mine recently as a comment to a post I placed on Facebook. "If your ears burn when you hear swear words, change the channel. No one is forcing you to watch."

It is entirely possible that both BYU and Duke are right in this matter. Consequently, we should give both BYU and Duke the benefit of the doubt.

As machines evolve, how will humans?

The Tlingit word for elder, "at wuskóowu", is also the Tlingit word for "wisdom bearer". When people embrace healthy attitudes about aging and the elderly, the entire society benefits.

In just 22 years, China built a high speed rail infrastructure long enough to criss-cross the United States about 10 times, and in 12 years it will double that coverage. USA should be talking about this.

"Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday." – Wilma Rudolph

There are two prophecies in scripture referring to "blossoming as the rose". The fulfillment of one of those prophecies may provide a roadmap for how the other could be.

The age of disinformation against science began in the 1950s when the executives of six of America's largest tobacco companies met at the Plaza Hotel in New York City with a public relations firm to talk about what they should do about the growing research linking smoking and lung cancer.

Let's make every day a pioneer day by using "pioneer" as a verb.