After 50 years of protection under Roe v. Wade, it is unfathomable that the Supreme Court took away, for the first time in history, a fundamental...
In an essay in Wednesday’s New York Times, Michael Eric Dyson, a Baptist minister and Vanderbilt professor, made an eloquent argument for the power...
The spotlight was recently on abortion rights, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health on Dec. 1. As I and other...
“You don’t have to say, when you’re looking for a permit to speak on a street corner or whatever, that, you know, your speech is particularly...
“A hypocrite,” Adlai Stevenson reportedly observed, “is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a...
I feel a bit like someone who planted land mines nearly 30 years ago and now read news reports about their detonation and the ensuing damage. Not...
The Biden administration’s signature “Build Back Better” initiative is in trouble as I write. The supposedly $3.5 trillion bill would be the most...
On Sept. 11, 2001, I stood at the entrance of the Calhoun School in Manhattan, welcoming students to the first day of school. Our opening had been...
It may seem that gymnast Simone Biles can’t win. On Tuesday morning — Monday night in Tokyo — Biles bowed out of the team competition after an...
Letters and opinion pieces in the Valley News demonstrate that the heat over critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion programs in...
Some readers may recall that I had a serious mountain bike crash last summer and suffered a spinal cord injury. Something interesting has happened...
Unsurprising fact of the week: In a 2020 Gallup poll, the group least likely to support reproductive choice is one whose members attend religious...