Benjamin Franklin once said that an investment in education pays the best interest. While he is certainly referring to the investment of time it takes to become educated, and the interest" of that being the wealth of opportunities afforded to those who" more

In their historic and controversial decision last fall, Boy Scouts of America announced that they would be slowly allowing the integration of females into their ranks, first through the Cub Scouts this summer and then allowing girls to get on a path more

No one has so fundamentally captured the rapidity and unstoppable nature of change better in recent memory than Vince Gilligan, award-winning director of the critically-acclaimed AMC drama Breaking Bad, which chronicles a normal man's transformation more

This Sunday will mark the 110th annual celebration of Mother's Day, and while that could mean many different things to any one individual based on the relationship they have with their mother, the moral from the original meaning behind the day can still more

When it comes to substance abuse, we should be seeking all possible avenues to help address what amounts to a life and death situation for thousands of individuals in Rhode Island, and many more afflicted people outside of our state's border. more

There's something to be said about our current state of affairs when a departing mayor says matter-of-factly that civility is totally gone from politics in the modern era. That notion was put forth by outgoing mayor Scott Avedisian of Warwick, when asked more

What makes a community “livable?” While that question can generate a million different responses, there are certain elements without which many humans could not live and prosper in any community. … more

Although there are always people who go against the grain for the sake of being contrarian, there is truly no more mutually beneficial endeavor we can partake in than the conservation and protection of our natural environment. Though it is easy to forget more

We develop comfort zones to cope with an outside world we cannot control. Life, at least on our plane of existence, is a series of random occurrences which occur outside of our choosing. This concept can be scary for most, so confining yourself to a more

People are sure to huff and puff about more delays to the toll gantries that were supposed to start tolling truckers this past March in order to make money to help start paying for a 10-year, $5 … more