Jonathan Zimmerman

Snowstorms have become devastating to American cities — thanks to a commonplace technology: the private automobile. ...

Almost 21 years ago, my wife gave birth to our first child. I had been awake for about 24 hours, ...

Like alcohol prohibition before it, marijuana prohibition has been a failure. But will hawking the product compound the proble ...

In 1975, Nebraska Sen. Roman Hruska warned a Congressional hearing that American college football was in mortal danger. The th ...

In 1993, on the eve of black majority rule in South Africa, Time magazine asked Nelson Mandela if economic sanctions ...

There’s a nip in the air, and you can see your breath. The trees are bare. Couples bundle against the cold, walking han ...

Note:  The following article uses racial epithets that some reader’s may find offensive. Over ...

A few years ago, I found myself on an airplane sitting next to an elderly gentleman. Talk turned to a recent election, and he ...

In 1975, anthropologist Margaret Mead published a plaintive article about Halloween. It was once a night of youth rebellion, M ...

In a notorious 2003 interview, GOP Sen. Rick Santorum likened gay sex to bestiality. And just last week, GOP Gov. Tom Corbett compared ga ...

A few years ago, during a discussion in my office, one of my undergraduate students volunteered that she did not drink alcohol. “Be ...

So here’s a question for Miss America’s organizers: Why do the contestants receive only 30 seconds to answer your questions? ...