Beatitudes for fathers, 1998: Blessed are the fathers who can say thank you convincingly and appreciate a hand-painted tie or a clay dish to hold coins, for their children will...
She's 9 years old, into soccer, in-line skating, skiing and school. She has her own computer, takes music lessons, hangs out in jeans and sports jacket. What will happen to...
Hold the applause for the decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to allow Milwaukee to spend tax dollars to send children to parochial as well as non-sectarian private schools in...
Maybe the most telling moment at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Philadelphia came when its new president, Charlton Heston, introduced Jacob Ryker, 17, as a hero. He's the...
Californians had the good sense to pass Proposition 227 by a decisive 61 to 39 percent margin last week, supposedly ending what has been the disappointing malpractice of bilingual education...
Help me out here. Sort out for me the morals and the messages these stories are sending. The decision of the Manhattan Theater Club in New York to go ahead...
Should it be illegal for a pregnant woman to endanger the health of her unborn child? The U.S. Supreme Court essentially said yes last week, when it refused without comment...
Can a woman have a high-level career and young children at the same time? By now, the answer is supposed to be yes. But the hot-button issue ignited again recently...
`Nerdboy" "Geek." "Egghead." "Whitey." "Sorry-ass Cedric." The jeers, and worse, sting Cedric Jennings, a bright and hard-working student in the most troubled and dangerous school in Washington, D.C., one of...
If California's education bureaucrats knew their business, there'd be no need for the state's rebellious voters to have to use Proposition 227 to help the schools. And if California voters...