Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims “the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” The people at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change agree, saying that to avoid some of the most devastating impacts of…
Placards carried by unionized teachers during their recent strikes in Los Angeles, Oakland, California, and West Virginia were a study in misdirection. “On Strike for smaller class sizes.” “On Strike for more student support.” “On Strike for a living w…
When I was young, I remember crawling around newsroom floors, crumpling wads of paper and tossing them over the cubicle walls of hard-working journalists. I didn’t know then what they were doing or why they were doing it. All I…
The case for electric airplanes is overwhelming.
The 45 words of the First Amendment have been shielding us from government interference in our core freedoms since 1791 — 228 years.
I just learned Indiana spends $60 million on high-stakes testing. That is a lot of money to spend on the torture of Indiana’s students and teachers.
ST. JOHN — When Dalene Biscan’s son, Scott Kubilis, died of a heroin overdose in 2005, she thought that would encourage her other two kids not to use drugs.
In Andrea Bartz’s mystery novel, “The Lost Night,” Lindsay Bach believes she remembers the night her once-best friend Edie committed suicide. It’s seared into her brain. Or so she thinks. Over dinner, a long-ago friend who has just moved back…
On Feb. 3, 2019, a multi-storied billboard was unveiled in downtown Tel Aviv. Looming above the city, President Donald Trump is shaking hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (affectionately known by Israelis as Bibi); broad smiles and obvious co…
Charter schools have become a politically complicated issue in recent years — highly contentious yet sometimes a little overblown.