Jonathan Zimmerman

Public schools have to teach a better way of behaving in public. Alas, in recent years, there’s very little about preparing them to ...

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Courts & Law

Derek Walcott’s sexual harassment problem, and ours

In 2009, the Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott withdrew his name from consideration for the honorary position of professor of poetry at Oxford ...

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Trump opponents must not fall into the bipartisan BS game

President Donald J. Trump has investments in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. That’s why they weren’t part ...

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Trump, the CIA, and the historical fallacy

Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that mean ...

8 years ago

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Education

The Drexel tweet storm and America’s ugly political atmosphere

Let’s get a few things straight from the start. ...

8 years ago

Letter: Trump must condemn campus attacks so we can move across political divide

I am writing to urge you to denounce the recent racist attacks at the University of Pennsylvania. By condemning ...

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Harriet Tubman’s story was less lonesome than history makes it seem

What is it about Harriet Tubman? A 2008 survey of adult Americans listed her as the ninth most famous American, excluding pr ...

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Minority students who stand up to racism are stronger than ‘damaged black minds’

In a ...

9 years ago

Political dirty tricks are a staple of modern politics

Ted Cruz, playing dirty tricks during an election? Say it ain’t so! Over the past few weeks, Cruz’ GOP o ...

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Who cares if Bernie Sanders is Jewish?

Earlier this month, for the first time in American history, a Jewish candidate won a Presidential primary election. And Americ ...

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Will Michael Bloomberg become another footnote in the history of third-party candidates?

It turns out that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and I have something in common: we’re both interested in the histo ...

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Is Ted Cruz a ‘natural born citizen’? I don’t care, and neither should you

Why do you have to be “natural born” — however we define that term — in order to be president? As we proudly remind the w ...

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