Willem Lange: A Lifetime of Fishing Has Landed Trophy Memories, Friendships

Letter: Fall of the American Empire

To the Editor: Toleration is moral cowardice. It is the inability to stand for anything, so by default one stands for everything. Toleration is the vice that stands in opposition to the virtue of patience. Patience is the virtue of enduring suffering now in the firm hope of …

Letter: A Newcomer Says Thank You

To the Editor: I arrived with 100 pounds of personal items on my back, as that was all I could board with as I said goodbye to Texas and headed to New England. I had a vision of hope, of starting a brand new life — and a …

Letter: Facing Our Real Challenge

To the Editor: As economists, politicians and ordinary citizens grapple over the best way to “grow our economy again” so we can reduce debt, create more jobs and strengthen our position as a world leader, I am unable to understand their thinking. The United States has met its …

Letter: A Refreshing Sort of Debate

To the Editor: As a retired English teacher and unretiring lover of language, I was proud of my valley and your paper to find an entire Forum page devoted to a debate about the merits and demerits of The Great Gatsby. Some say our culture is about to …

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Letter: Thanks From the Stern Center

To the Editor: Thanks to everyone who participated in our first ever “Run for the Roses” Kentucky Derby event to raise money for the Stern Center for Language and Learning Scholarship Program. Held on May 4 at the Norwich Inn, the gathering was a big success. The Stern …

Letter: Ranks Low on Atrocity Scale

To the Editor: So let me get this straight. Because of the 2008 election, a number of groups spring up that affiliate themselves with the Tea Party and decide to apply for tax-free status to form groups to discredit the president. As a result, someone at the IRS …

Column: A Case Study in How to Lose a Fight Online

In Scottsdale, Ariz., there is a restaurant so far gone that even Gordon Ramsay’s shouting cannot save it. In fact, the owners of Amy’s Baking Company so terrified the man behind Kitchen Nightmares that he decided to quit working with them rather than endure them any longer. If …

Column: Obama’s War on Terror Has Been Waged Increasingly in Secret

You have to feel a teeny-tiny bit of sympathy for the Obama administration, which buckled to congressional pressure last year by agreeing to investigate a series of leaked news stories about clandestine victories in the war on terror, and is now being bludgeoned by many of those same …

Column: It’s Doubtful That College Presidents Deserve Their High Pay

The Chronicle of Higher Education tells us the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-12 to more than $440,000 a year. This increase vastly outpaced the rate of inflation, as well as the earnings of the typical worker in the U.S. economy. It also …

Editorial: Tracking Leverage; Best Method for Detecting Bubbles

Are the easy-money policies of the world’s central banks setting financial markets up for a crash? We would have a much better idea if we measured how much of the buying is being done with borrowed money. In recent months, soaring prices of stocks and bonds have left …