Carl P. Leubsdorf: Can GOP use control of Congress to break government gridlock?
The Republican Party found victory Tuesday night, but now comes the hard part.
The Republican Party found victory Tuesday night, but now comes the hard part.
Assisted suicide might sound reasonable, but it will surely descend into a devaluation of life, the columnist says
In making her story public with such grace and dignity, she has greatly helped future patients who want the same choice, columnist says
The American ‘pivot to Asia’ will have profound implications, SMU professor says
Smithsonian official says museum will rededicate itself to education and public engagement.
Century-old lessons should warn against hysteria, ostracism of patients and their families, professor says
There is no free press covering the war, so we’re all flying blind, he says
Rodger Jones: What unsung Texan should we know about?Attention readers: We need your help in finding a Texan of the Year?
Republicans look poised for victory, but what will be their spoils?
Judges say government already has a better way of determining if quarantine is needed. It’s called the courts.
We should use modern medicine to relieve pain and suffering so those who are dying can do so as gently and peacefully as possible.But I do believe it is wrong to try to choose or control the date of our death, says Michelle Daniel Chadwick.
Lynne Sipiora: I probably will never keep a gratitude journal; who needs more paperwork? Still, when confronted with bad, I am trying to remember to look for good.
No matter how good a teacher is, when we plop 40 students in front of him for 52 minutes a day, it’s too little time with too many students, says Shane Bybee.
Daniel Hayworth: As Election Day approaches, perhaps the generations preceding ours — those charged with teaching us and leading the way — could benefit from a youthful expression of gratitude for our wonderful democratic system.
How is it that the women in my life feel so unhappy with their appearance? Our society's obsession with eternal youth has gotten to them, and I fear it's only a matter of time before it gets to me, too, says Nancy Rosenberg.
Like most traditions scrubbed of sentiment, the cost of a mum seems trivial and excessive. But the point of any tradition, silly or not, is that messy sentiment, says Lisa M. Virgoe.
The late star didn’t conform to Hollywood’s image of how a Hispanic woman should act, the columnist says.
Writer embraces the task of writing about her cerebral palsy while hoping not to be the ‘poster child of disability gone right’
Former WHO chief David Heymann talks about the spread of Ebola in West Africa
Self-driving cars of the near future will do to human drivers what cars did to horses and buggies, the researcher says.
A ballot cast in the midterms is less a vote for a person than it is a vote against the void in the presidency, she says.
The party relies on no great animating idea other than the fear (or avoidance) of the Obama nightmare, the columnist says.
Reaching at-risk families holds promise of aiding kids, he says
Last gasps from Abbott-Davis race, Obama on Ebola, Chris Christie on Ebola, Tim Cook’s coming-out, Ted Cruz’s reaction
Is it wise to look through ancient yearbooks of people you don’t know, trying to piece together the kind of stories you once ignored? I don’t know. I just know it is a sadness I can’t quit touching.
Alluring costumes are not just harmless Halloween fun, say Rebecca Bigler and Sarah McKenney
‘Partyism’ ruins human interaction and precludes productive discussions, the columnist says
Put aside old assumptions while working against poverty in Dallas, the city’s mayor urges.
A leader of a public education group offers a prescription for improvement in DISD.
It goes back to society’s maddening tendency to wig out when women want to talk about their sex lives, the columnist says.
Aging Democratic leaders Pelosi, Reid still play a leading role as GOP gets younger
How did we lose our democracy? Blame the U.S. Supreme Court, the author says
A weak rule of law and the impunity of criminal gangs remain a grave and persistent challenge to Mexico’s future, the scholar says.
Don’t worry about Dallas’ image; worry about our impoverished, she says.
The former homeland security chief makes a case for suspending visas of those who visited Ebola-affected areas.
A Dallas mom gives thanks for the care her preemies received at the hospital.
The medical society president says the Dallas hospital has implemented aggressive measures since Ebola cases.
Perhaps what we should be campaigning for is not absolute avoidance of the substances themselves, but rather encouragement of individual self-confidence and the construction of community support systems around our youngsters, says Suzie Whitman.
In his own words: The late Washington Post executive editor talks about lies and the endless task of revealing them
Douglas T. “Chase” Fonteno allows bills to pile up on a strategic parcel, thwarting city development efforts.
The college football playoff extends the region’s reputations as the place where champions are crowned.
Border agents need better roads and more high-tech equipment, not higher walls, the columnist says
Monica Lewinsky on empathy, Mike Rawlings on wealth, Jenkins and Trump on Ebola, Hitler appears in Switzerland
We can no longer have a truly great president. That’s OK: We seldom need one, and we might not want one, he says
The education journalist says this embattled profession also needs an adjusted focus on testing, more diversity and leadership stability to succeed.
Events in Ferguson, St. Louis and elsewhere are signs of a brewing struggle, the columnist says.
Right now, it looks like instead of simply transcending race, our future population stands to swap one kind of bigotry for another, she says
These days, Obama finds himself welcome only in the palatial homes of Hollywood stars, the professor says
Columnist makes a case for political idealism, but not the brand that surrounded Obama’s 2008 campaign
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