Around the Mid-American Conference

The official American attitude toward the king of England, and by extension royalty generally, is in the Declaration of Independence, the less-read part after the famous first two paragraphs. The signers were opposed to any kind of obeisance to an autocrat.That attitude persists to this day, as witness the trouble President Barack Obama got into with conservative commentators for his deep bow to ...

What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our cherished tradition of Thanksgiving. This day's roots are intertwined with those of our Nation, and its history traces the American narrative.

Tradition, culture and fun were on hand this weekend at Missouri State University.

You can make fun of the Lions if you want. Why not? Everybody does.

  The day celebrated by millions of American shoppers every year is fast arriving. Black Friday is a tradition in many families, who pull out the store ads from the Thursday newspaper and plan Friday's shopping strategy.

The Hoosier sports tradition is one of the proudest in the collegiate ranks, and what happens on the field has...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Celebrating a new kind of holiday tradition, the American Humanist Association has launched a new advertising campaign similar to the one that ran in the nation's capital last year, which made headlines around the globe. Only this year, instead of the campaign focusing on a single location, ads will be blazoned across transit systems in five cities ...

A country's complex past and its storytelling tradition come together in

Family heritage adds flavoring (Brussel Sprout Slaw, anyone?) to this most American of holidays