Just as space aliens might benefit from a society rooted in Jewish ideals, so too might humans benefit from the encounter ...

From the column: "In addition to the effect on less-educated workers, undocumented immigrants also impose high costs on taxpayers." ...

Few sci-fi characters have exceeded their original programming quite like Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram.

This is the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac — but for the White House, it's more like the Year of Babies.

The King, who never realized that Esther was Jewish, is outraged at Haman. He has his minister executed. In subsequent conversations with Esther, Achasverosh grants the Jews the right to self-defense ...

Over two millennia ago in the aftermath of the fall of King Solomon’s second temple in 70 BC, Jewish people dispersed in various directions. A shipwreck occurred on the western coast of India and ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Graphic courtesy of Maya Pegues What do you think of when you hear the word American? Apple pies, bald eagles, state fairs, and white picket fences? Or does the word evoke nostalgia for some long-gone ...

Trump will be revealed in time as the foreign policy genius of a generation. He saw the Russo-Chinese Empire as a real threat and acted to denature it by separating our economy from it; he recognized ...