Education

Cedars of Lebanon

Here’s hoping things improve for them and for Lebanon, one of the most beautiful countries in the world, a land with a tragic but inspiring

Higher Education Emerging

It’s hardly a secret that educators at all levels have faced challenges because of pandemic-related closures and lockdowns.

Basketball Mania

Forget, for a moment, the war, the pandemic, inflation and all the other assorted horrors. For it is March, and that means… basketball mani

The Research Challenge

Let’s break our economic decline and end the long winter of mediocrity. We know we can do better.

Football

Can you imagine what they might have to pay these guys if they ever went undefeated? If you think I’m being sarcastic, you are right.

Messiah and a Modern Mess

Handel’s oratorio Messiah is to the King James translation of the Bible much as baseball was to the American Civil War, as Ken Burns has obs

Politics and Teaching

Back in 1987, two distinguished citizens were nominated to receive honorary degrees -- William F. Buckley Jr. and Fred (Mr.) Rogers...

Why I Write

One reason is to bring things I know about to newspaper readers. I spent my life’s work as a chemist, and there are few scientists who try

State Universities

We need to reexamine this notion of “college for all, regardless of their skills,” that has been a national mantra for decades -- and this m

Science in 3D