The balance of power between human and virus is shifting. Better armed against a lesser enemy, our species no longer needs to hide in a bunker waiting for a viral wave to...
At first glance, the use of electronic monitoring to track the whereabouts of a person facing criminal charges seems like a much preferable alternative to pre-trial inca...
Eddie Fisher, a terrific singer popular back in the 1950s, came to mind the other day because he crooned, “You gotta have heart, miles and miles and miles of heart,” and...
I have been an American living in South Africa for more than eight years. Since November, the omicron variant has become a fulcrum that has linked my two countries, whic...
Decades of research tell a clear and sobering story: Poverty is harmful to the developing brain.
The research demonstrates how experiencing the adversity of poverty in c...
Patriotism and common decency demand that Americans do everything possible to prevent another attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Here’s one act...
Pope Francis seems like a decent man whose humility and enlightened thinking sometimes put him at odds with more traditional segments of the Catholic Church. But good fo...
The first time Sidney Poitier walked into the room, I stopped talking. I think I might’ve even held my breath for a few seconds, afraid my inhaling would draw too much a...
No one would have believed this possible only a few years ago, but nuclear energy has been creeping up in public estimation, despite its long record of unfulfilled promi...
Protests that began in western Kazakhstan over a sharp rise in fuel costs have turned into days of upheaval, with demonstrators storming government buildings and the air...
