2016, 2020, 2025--for the third time, our annual Thanksgiving post is addressed to "a divided nation," each time more divided than the last. And yet there is more to be thankful for, too....
Gerrymandering is a numbers game, and districts aren't the only things that can be rigged. We discuss how to keep score (please share) and what needs to be done to level the playing field...
On the eve of our 250th anniversary of the founding of our country, our President is trying to turn back the clock to 1775 for our system of government, by setting us against each other; expecting to rise, triumphant, out of the ashes of what...
The One Big Beautiful Bill passed this summer is definitely big. Whether it is beautiful or not depends who is looking at it and where and when they are looking....
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...
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...
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...
