SocietyCommentary

Killing of Tyre Nichols: Senseless Inhumanity in Memphis
No adjective is sufficient to describe the reaction one gets from watching five Memphis, Tenn., police officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to within an inch… Read More
SocietyCommentary
No adjective is sufficient to describe the reaction one gets from watching five Memphis, Tenn., police officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to within an inch… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Leaving aside any possible undeclared motives for leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has said some things that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
There is little Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on these days, but spending (and borrowing) money is as nonpartisan as it gets. House Democrats… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
We now know at least one of the priorities of the Biden administration during the remaining weeks Democrats control the House of Representatives. The president… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Merriam-Webster Inc. has announced it is adding about 500 new words to its seventh edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. I doubt most people… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The subject of “Christian nationalism” has again appeared in our political life, establishing residence in the Republican Party. It is nothing new, though, having taken… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In 2015, when a Supreme Court majority ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that “state bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same-sex marriages duly performed… Read More
EducationCommentary
The University of California, Berkeley is known for many things, some good and some very bad, even outrageous. In 1964, a ban on campus political and… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
House Republican leaders have announced a plan they are calling a “Commitment to America” in time for the November election and presumably the presidential contest… Read More