The Democratic race for president is shaping up as most of the candidates expected at the outset, with the campaign appealing to the most fervent progressive wing of the...
If anyone doubts President Trump’s long-awaited Israel-Palestine peace plan was mainly an election-oriented political document, he shattered that two weeks ago.
On the v...
Harvard vs. Texas A&M dispute did science no favors
We Texans love our beef, and we don’t like it when someone suggests we shouldn’t.
Oprah did so on national television ...
Let’s consider the conundrum of the three Bs.
Bernie, Biden and Bloomberg.
Despite our great fondness for Iowa, its quadrennial caucuses are costly and fairly meaningles...
The White House is seriously thinking about pushing for new tax cuts to bring added relief to middle-class families.
This strategy stands in stark contrast to the appro...
American voters consistently name health care as one of the issues they care about most heading into the presidential election.
That’s bad news for President Donald Tru...
My son lives in China, where he teaches at an international school in Shenzhen, so I have been getting daily reports about the coronavirus outbreak in the region.
Last ...
Hey PETA, keep your paws off Punxsutawney Phil.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants to retire the veteran prognosticator of the arrival of spring.
The anim...
... and the moral lessons of Watergate
The John Bolton book bombshell represents the intersection of mendacity and greed.
The mendacity has been the dissembling and the l...
At a time when news about educational achievement gaps is mostly negative, it’s worth noting even a glimmer of positive change.
Recent data from the respected National ...
