April 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The latest large-scale analysis of remote learning and its effects on student achievement underscores what every parent saw with devastating clarity during the pandemic: Children need human connection to thrive. Read story
April 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Like many Americans, I love March Madness. I still consider the night of March 22, 1990, when my local college team won one of the greatest victories in NCAA basketball tournament history, one of the most exciting moments of my life. Of course, a strong emotional attachment to a particular… Read story
April 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
More than halfway through the current two-year Congress, the “lawmakers” there bring to mind the old schoolyard quip about slacker students: They’re really good at recess. Read story
April 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Vladimir Putin and his intelligence agencies are blaming a recent hideous ISIS terror attack on a concert venue near Moscow on — you guessed it — Ukraine, the U.S. and Great Britain. Read story
April 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns
About a year ago, Bob Ferguson made what looked at the time to be a political blunder. Read story
March 30, 2024, 6:03am Columns
News that Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer set off a pointless argument. One side complained that the royal family had not been forthcoming with the truth behind her long hospitalization. The other held that Catherine has a right to privacy and is under no obligation to… Read story
March 30, 2024, 6:02am Columns
It is interesting; we’ll give it that. Read story
March 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns
During the third week of March 2020, with little public debate and less warning, Americans were told to stay in their homes indefinitely as COVID cases climbed. There were only a few days between bland reassurances and lockdown orders — just enough time to go panic shopping for toilet paper. Read story
March 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Most evangelical Christians even mildly involved or interested in politics will tell others to vote for Donald Trump. They’ll say that he is the best candidate because of his policies and, paraphrasing the Bible, say that God has appointed him to represent America “for such a time as this.” Read story
March 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Who was Sen. Chuck Schumer speaking to when he denounced Benjamin Netanyahu and urged Israel to hold new elections to replace him? And who was he speaking for? Read story
