Three Oregon State professors consider how rural counties can survive the cuts -- and possible elimination -- of payments that conserve federal forest. Saving rural schools and maintaining fundamental services will require changes at all levels of government.

The real issue in American medical education is geographic distribution and specialty distribution. It doesn't matter how many doctors you have if they are of the wrong kinds and are in the wrong places — as they have been throughout my 50 years of medical school watching. 

What do you do with an old gym or parking lot? Easy, say the North Central Kansas Taboo skaters. You turn it into a roller derby track.

Is U.S. agriculture really "under attack"? With obfuscation in the markets for livestock and crops and lax enforcement of existing regulations, it's hard even for a seasoned farmer to be sure.