Point and counterpoint
Rachel Laser: Point Candidates’ commitment to religious freedom is what matters Much has been written about the religious beliefs of presidential candidates K... Read more.
Abcarian: SK ‘Hello, my name is Robin, and I have presidential election poll derangement syndrome’
Robin Abcarian Ah, autumn: the season of pumpkin-spice everything, falling leaves and poll derangement syndrome. These days, I wake up, log in and immediately l... Read more.
Hosseini & Holmes: How steep are AI’s social and environmental costs?
Mohammad Hosseini and Kristi Holmes Generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, keeps making headlines. Every day, we hear more success stories about how GenA... Read more.
Burke: Pop quiz: What are your children being taught? The answer may surprise you
Lindsey M. Burke In the 1984 horror film “The Children of the Corn,” a mysterious entity lures children to turn against their parents to guarantee an abunda... Read more.
Greene: The generosity and grace of Ethel Kennedy, a down-to-earth matriarch
Leonard Greene Joe, the congressman, was the charming one. His uncle, Ted, the senator, was the persuasive one. And Jackie, of course, was the regal one. But if... Read more.
Patel: Kids confuse the real world with the screen world
Riaz Patel Doesn’t it feel like summer break just began? Yet here we are again. Fall’s arrival means kids have settled into a new school year with new teach... Read more.
Walsh: John Benson: Nahant’s Quiet Man
Jim Walsh When John Wayne starred in The Quiet Man, one of the iconic films of the mid-20th century, John Benson was a 5-year-old boy living in Nahant. John Way... Read more.
Lockard: We live in our own version of Wonderland
Amy Lockard “Curiouser and curiouser,” Alice cried after falling down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” In near... Read more.
Wilkinson: Mass deportation isn’t just cruel, it’s expensive
Francis Wilkinson The American Immigration Council, a pro-immigration think tank, issued a report last week estimating the costs — financial costs only — of... Read more.
Cooper: Reversing America’s decline is no easy task
William Cooper A recent Gallup poll shows that just 33 percent of Americans are satisfied with the nation’s position in the world today. This is down from 65%... Read more.