Commentary / World Dec 23, 2017
What makes 'The Last Jedi' so fascinating
"The Last Jedi" is an awful lot of fun, and it's that rare blockbuster that makes you think.
Commentary / World Dec 9, 2017
Technophobes and the future of jobs
What if your profession has never required much computer literacy — and then all of a sudden it does. Should you be fired?
Commentary / World Oct 2, 2017
Elon Musk wants Mars and that should inspire all of us
Venus shines brighter in the sky, but somehow we have always known that our destiny lies with Mars.
Commentary / World Mar 8, 2017
Ideology behind intolerant students isn't new
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.
Commentary / World Feb 25, 2017
Depressed by politics? Stop staring at phones
If we expect better from officeholders and candidates and activists, we have to demand better from ourselves.
Commentary / World Dec 19, 2016
Christmas in America means the usual lawsuits
'Tis the season of bitter division over words and symbols.
Commentary / World Dec 12, 2016
What it was like to look up to John Glenn
Truly larger than life American heros like John Glenn are a breed that just doesn't come around anymore.
Commentary / World Jun 6, 2016
Ali forced people to take sides, and I took his
Muhammed Ali was the transcendent sports figure of the 20th century, a lightning rod for controversy who became a beloved ambassador for peace.
Commentary / World Dec 12, 2015
Calling on Batman to explain our dark world
From World War II to today's war on terror, the comic book hero Batman evolves with the times to reflect America's fears.
Commentary / World Oct 25, 2015
Inequality debate looks in the wrong direction
What's truly terrible in America isn't that a few people have so much. It's that so many people have so little.