There’s a danger if every young person has a casino in their pocket.

RIP Jimmy Carter. His presidency was doomed when he called for self-sacrifice instead of offering simple solutions. The politics were wrong, but he wasn’t.

A Russian dissident charts a path away from seasonal self-pity.

In this season of giving, which nations have the greatest number of “good samaritans” — and why?

‘Tis the season when a lot of places ask us for money. Most of us don’t.

Employees want the ability to work from home; employers want them back in the office. The chess game is entering its middle stages, with no clear winner yet, and lots of new strategies.

We give all sorts of flimsy excuses for not showing our gratitude, but there are no good reasons.

US voters said they want both mass deportations and cheap food prices. They can’t have both.

It’s not that too many people care too much about the big issues of our time: it’s that too few people care at all.

The reasons we have so much trouble admitting that we were wrong about song lyrics tell us something about why it is so hard to change our beliefs on any subect.

Can we teach the next generation to think through big political challenges without hating each other? Maybe. One class at a time.

Can we teach the next generation to think through big political challenges without hating each other? Maybe. One class at a time.