Pyrite, Cobalt and Mercury — while these usually refer to colorful minerals, here they are the names of three popular kittens at this year’s “Caturday” event, hosted by the Heartland Humane Society...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated in the online version to include an attribution for a statistic about clothing waste in the United States.  This is a column and does not reflect the views...

Editor’s Note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer. When I first sat down to write this article, I planned on harshly criticizing the lack of prerequisite...

“...There is decidedly nothing in the whole world that would make men love their fellow men,” said Ivan Fyodorovich, a character in the Fyodor Dostoevsky novel “The Brothers Karamazov.” “Were...

Editor’s Note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer “I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far...