Opinion & Essay

The ghost of John Barrymore is the liveliest part of the play, and surely of this production.

Floyd Abrams, one of our foremost First Amendment lawyers, told me during the summer that the free and independent American press is unde ...

As we celebrate yet another Veteran’s Day, I’m left to consider all the scandals that have beset America’s veterans in recent years ...

When I wrote here last Wednesday that Donald Trump, confronted with a Democratic House, would “behave like a cornered rat,” I ...

Nora, who walks out the door at the end of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, is back.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, setting the scene for the end-of-the-year spree of holidays. And among the traditions you can count on ...

Long before I learned about redlining, “white flight,” and mass incarceration, I wondered how spaces that housed the dead could look so much better than those for the living.

The war hero Achilles and his friend, Petroclus, consider their love and interdependence.

Beginning in January, when Democrats take control of the House, the Trump-Republican agenda will be officially dead.

So we've reached the crossroads: Checks and balances, or a blank check? What kind of nation are we? Are we informed citizens, or sheep?

Can old and new neighborhood cultures survive together?

As thousands of migrants walk to America to escape the violence in Central America, I’m disappointed that a president who is the son of ...

Sheridan's witty 1775 play about love and rivalry becomes a musical romp.

I knew Ntozake Shange many years ago. Her recent passing at age 70 made me reach back to remember those times. It’s no exaggeration ...

A post-apocalyptic vision of a world without electricity uses "The Simpsons" as a cultural icon that draws people together.