On the first day of the spring semester, which now seems a lifetime away, I handed out index cards and asked students to respond to the usual suite of getting-to-know-you questions: name, hometown, ...

While Colorado remains the leanest state in the nation for adult obesity, our childhood obesity rate continues to be among the fastest growing. Childhood obesity rates have sharply increased in the ...

In her pocket-size compilation “A Dog Runs Through It,” Linda Pastan pays loving tribute to the dogs who have accompanied her life and poetry over the years. It’s an utterly delightful book — from the ...