"With liberty and justice for all." A pledge we've all made to this country hundreds, if not thousands of times. But these days, some of those who govern us don't seem to have much allegiance to it...
If the Trump administration sometimes looks like a political version of Animal House, the highest court in the land increasingly seems to be running its own Animal Farm, in which some people are more equal than others...
On the day we celebrate those we should celebrate every day, our future depends on celebrating those who haven't been celebrated at all since January 20 this year...
Up until January 20, 2025, our colleges and universities were among the most important institutions maintaining our leadership in the world. Since then, they've been the target of relentless attacks, some of which may be justified...
Trump's not wrong: higher education skews liberal. The need, however, is not to make higher education more conservative or more liberal but to make it more responsive and responsible....
Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented, unwarranted attack on higher education, but truth be told, higher ed has been doing plenty of self-harm for quite some time now...
Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari has argued that our ability to trust--and be trusted--at a distance has made us the dominant species on earth. The remarkable level of faith shown here should be our North Star--can we reach it?...
Research shows trust in the news media has shattered for many reasons, most of which are not under its control; only those whose trust was abused and challenged can restore it for all...
During his tenure as President at the beginning of the twentieth century, Theodore Roosevelt became known for “trust-busting.” In the 21st, this expression has taken on a new meaning...
The spirit of '76 seems to be upon us, and with the installation of a new Pope, the spirit of humanity from time immemorial as well...
