Opinion & Essay
Can we make purchasing classroom tech more like buying a car?
Schools nationwide are spending over $13 billion in K-12 alone and have little idea if any of it works. We can’t afford to spend this kind of money blindly.
8 years ago
Can methodical Mueller outpace Trump’s damage?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's methodical timeline can't compete with Trump's lightning strikes against our institutions, sane governance, and the rule of law.
8 years ago
At home, strangely, with ‘The Brownings’ (Orbiter 3 stage company)
Competition, love, and the bizarre back-and-forth between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and husband Robert. How does she love him? Don't even think about counting the ways.
8 years ago
Tax bill should unite American middle class across racial lines
The top 1 percent of Americans use racial and ethnic strife to distract us from the one commonality that should unite us — class.
8 years ago
Listen 3:15These sexual harassment scandals are giving me déjà vu
Why should a man’s political affiliation determine how swiftly he is judged in the court of public opinion and terminated from his job?
8 years ago
Big surprise: The GOP’s massive tax scam screws the average voter
How long will average Republican voters — folks making modest incomes, folks who bought Trump's 2016 snake oil — keep allowing themselves to be played for saps?
8 years ago
In Delaware, traffic problems always occur
When I was first dating my wife, we lived in northern New Jersey and I would promise her that once we moved back to Delaware, all our traffic woes would disappear.
8 years ago
‘My Fair Lady’ dancing down the runway
Backed by two pianos, Quintessence Theatre Group produces an enchanting musical whose roots stretch back to ancient Greece and Rome.
8 years ago
Listen 3:23Remember when Matt Lauer was Trump’s chump?
Matt Lauer will be remembered as a fallen sexual harasser, but in my mind, he's forever immortalized as a Donald Trump toady.
8 years ago
Gaining a second mother, then learning to let her go
I had lost my own mother to dementia years ago and know the signs. It's as if Adele, at 92, is in a holding pattern. No longer “here,” but not yet gone.
8 years ago
Now Trump thinks that his voice is not his voice
We need only ask ourselves whether a guy who retroactively tells himself that his voice is not his voice should be dealing with North Korea's ICBMs.
8 years ago
5 lessons from the comic book superhero movies of 2017
While distinct in many ways, considering these films as a group points toward some lessons about the future of the genre.
8 years ago
Fake news flameout: Exposing a crackpot conservative plot
In the annals of conservative cons, this saga is truly a classic.
8 years ago
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