Kate Greene: Why the first Mars mission should be manned by women
Economically, not to mention in other ways, it makes sense to send women to Mars, but don’t bet on a crew without men, she says
Q&A: Dana Goldstein on what teachers want from us
The education journalist says this embattled profession also needs an adjusted focus on testing, more diversity and leadership stability to succeed.
Charles Lipson: Oppressive walls are closing in on an unpopular president
These days, Obama finds himself welcome only in the palatial homes of Hollywood stars, the professor says
David Brooks: Applaud the low idealist who wants more than hope
Columnist makes a case for political idealism, but not the brand that surrounded Obama’s 2008 campaign
Peniel E. Joseph: A new social justice movement is brewing
Events in Ferguson, St. Louis and elsewhere are signs of a brewing struggle, the columnist says.
Esther Cepeda: In the future, discrimination will be based on class, not race
Right now, it looks like instead of simply transcending race, our future population stands to swap one kind of bigotry for another, she says
Aaron David Miller: The time of great American leadership is over
We can no longer have a truly great president. That’s OK: We seldom need one, and we might not want one, he says
Talking Points: Notable quotes from the week’s news
Monica Lewinsky on empathy, Mike Rawlings on wealth, Jenkins and Trump on Ebola, Hitler appears in Switzerland
Researchers: Malcolm Gladwell was wrong. Practice isn’t perfect.
Many other factors affect genius, sayDavid Z. Hambrick, Fernanda Ferreira and John M. Henderson
Q&A: Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust
The historian and award-winning author discusses the nation’s challenge of affordable higher ed.
Raychelle Burks: Go ahead, drink your pumpkin spice latte
A chemist says no chemical is 100-percent safe, but our fear of chemicals needs to be tempered
Chris Farrell: Baby boomers’ latest revolution is unretirement
Working in golden years, on the whole, is good for the economy, the columnist says.
Kathleen Parker: How unpopular is President Obama?
Desperate Dems are in deep denial over the unpopularity of their president, columnist says
Talking Points: Notable quotes from the week’s news
Ebola in Africa, Ebola in Dallas, Dallas Cowboys shoplifter, Bono’s “oops” moment, “old racehorse” Bill Clinton
Ezekiel Emanuel: Why I want to die at 75
A medical ethicist challenges those who think a long life at any cost is the American way.
Point Person: Former Sen. Bill Bradley on making America better
It starts with early childhood education, and, as the title of his new book says, “We Can All Do Better” in several aspects of life.
Mitch Albom: Should you be able to custom-order a baby from a sperm bank?
‘Wrongful birth’ lawsuit raises a question: Where are we going as a society?
Jamelle Bouie: 'Talking white' at home vs. 'talking white' at the office
When it comes to language and race, audience and setting make a difference.
Heather Wilhelm: Don’t buy pre-packaged feminism
Emma Watson’s recent speech at the U.N. was revealing in what she said and how it was received, the columnist says.
Sol Stern: The Free Speech Movement won, but free speech lost
Fifty years after taking part in the successful Berkeley movement, Sol Stern refuses to celebrate the result.
Talking Points: Notable quotes from the week’s news
Ebola death in Dallas, Ebola threat worldwide, Obama’s critics and fans, milder pot in Denver
Mark Lamster: Dallas needs to heal the broken relationship between the built city and its promise of justice
In Texas, courthouses were once a beacon of justice for all. In Dallas today, the jail complex is a distressed symbol of decline, the critic writes.
Cruel punishment is all too usual in U.S. jails and prisons, attorney says
Trial attorney Martin Garbus asks: Do we really find this kind of prisoner treatment acceptable?
Q&A: SMU President R. Gerald Turner on his university’s place in today’s college athletics
Turner says SMU is dedicated to maintaining athletics at the highest NCAA level.
Kathleen Parker: The silly, selective war on women
Democrats pick their spots to invoke the so-called war, the columnist says.
Ruben Navarrette: Hispanics are taken for granted by Dems, forsaken by GOP
Frustration, disillusionment and anger are growing over having to choose ‘lesser of two evils,’ columnist says
Talking Points: Quotable quotes from the week’s news
Dallas Ebola scare, Abbott vs. Davis, Patrick vs. Van de Putte, Obama vs. jihadists
How letting my kid play alone outside led to a CPS investigation
Kari Anne Roy was confident her 6-year-old could play 150 yards from their front porch. A neighbor disagreed. Then came police. And then CPS.
Q&A: SMU's Robert Lawson on the net positives of immigration
The economics professor says that not only do immigrants boost the economy; they also boost American freedom.
Hispandering Heritage Month
Hispanics are tired of being recognized with empty gestures during one month each year, says columnist Esther Cepeda.
Trading silence for safety
37 percent of Americans think the media should be required to get government approval before reporting on national security issues, says Christopher Ingraham
Can Vladimir Putin be stopped?
His behavior fits Russia's history of expansion, says Michael Khodarkovsky
American's are self-segregating by age
Separating society by how long people have lived sows distrust and robs generations of learning from one another, says Leon Neyfakh
Talking Points: Quotable quotes from the week that was
Obama on jihadists, Sen. Kaine on Obama, the Twitterverse on Obama
Obama and the never-ending war
It is hard to imagine an American president more committed to not deepening involvement in the Middle East. Yet here we are again, says David Rothkopf.
Q&A: The vindication of Jim Foster?
The former Dallas County judge was mocked and abandoned by fellow Democrats after he made allegations against John Wiley Price and others. But he’s not done pushing yet.
Stefan Fatsis: Has Roger Goodell finally lost the media?
With owned media properties, the NFL has muscled league coverage. Until now.
Alex Beam: Is this the world’s ‘inglorious end’? Nah, it’s just people.
There’s a tremendous vanity to assuming the world will end on our watch, the columnist says.
Hey, Texas: Time for a real climate-change debate
Tim Cloward: It’s time to get past deniers for a real debate.
Talking Points: Notable quotes from the week’s news
Obama on ground troops, Cornyn on Obama, Facebook for rich people, Ebola scourge, tumult in the NFL
If you think Big Tobacco was bad, wait till you get a whiff of Big Marijuana
It threatens to create a massive new industry intent on addicting the most vulnerable in society, says Kevin Sabet.
Back to Iraq. What could possibly go wrong?
The former U.S. Central Command chief uses findings from his new book on the mistakes of war to assess the president’s plans.
The Ivy League? It’s not that bad
But elite universities have largely abandoned their mission of providing a moral education, says David Brooks.
The big fat diet myth
Esther Cepeda shares how the power of a few low-fat proponents threw our eating off balance.
Be very wary about new wave of voter restrictions
American history is rife with examples of misguided attempts to fix the system that did nothing to help, says professor Wendy Schiller.
How divorced parents lost their rights
Judges can decide whether your kids play soccer or piano, says Robert Emery. Instead, our legal system should encourage parents to work together for solutions.
Talking Points: The week’s best quotes
War in the Middle East, turmoil in the NFL, angst in the UK, hands-free soon in Cadillacs
Steve Almond: Why I've stopped watching football
After I came face to face with my mother’s dementia, football’s dangers were no longer abstract, says Steve Almond; they were a moral burden.
Rick Gosselin: The redeeming values of football
Mike Rawlings wouldn’t be the mayor of this great city today if it weren’t for the sport’s core values.
