Humans are built to make mistakes. Admitting them is crucial to a functioning democracy.

"The Last Jedi" is an awful lot of fun, and it's that rare blockbuster that makes you think.

What if your profession has never required much computer literacy — and then all of a sudden it does. Should you be fired?

The downshouters remind the rest of us that the true harbinger of an authoritarian future lives not in the White House but in the groves of academe.

If we expect better from officeholders and candidates and activists, we have to demand better from ourselves.