Beaches might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Florida or California but likely not when contemplating Iowa, Nebraska, or the Dakotas. Yet every state has stellar beaches.

In this essay, James Kences tells the story of Christopher Levett, who had sailed to Maine in 1623 in search of a site for ...

Can the lead plaintiff in the gay marriage case move on from his grief — and can America move on from homophobia?