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Snow day frustrations

Q.: I hate snow days. Wait a minute, let me explain. I hate the kind of snow days we have now. I don’t care if you call them remote learning or flexible instruction days or remote instruction days, they are horrible! I’m the kind of student who needs to be in the same room with my teachers. ...

Trump’s insecurities imperil the U.S.

So far details of a settlement of the Greenland affair are scant to non-existent. Hours after his blistering speech attacking western European democracies and the global balance of law, President Trump announced a "framework of a future deal" for the "piece of ice," his own labeling of ...

OP-ED: Grown men cry

I come from a family where grown men cry. My dad cried at the drop of a hat. Don’t get me wrong, it was not in a melodramatic way. It was that quiet, involuntary welling up that happens when a TV ad lands perfectly. You know, like when a soldier returning from war surprises his kid at school, ...

Hold on tight, 2026 may get rocky

President Trump and Republicans are in a world of hurt politically. If the times were normal, the congressional elections this November would warrant an easy call: the House is going to flip, from a slim Republican majority to the Democrats being comfortably in charge. There are a number of ...

Sharing success stories

Q. I noticed that most of your columns deal with problems teens bring to you. I thought it might be refreshing and bring you a smile to know I’m doing very well. I just finished my fifth college semester. I have a healthy relationship (you taught me to hold out for that), I get along with my ...

Trump’s sad dismissal of democracy

Of all the words President Trump spoke following the raid that brought Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro to a U.S. courthouse to face drug-running and other federal charges, the most important was the one word he failed to utter: democracy. "The future of Venezuela must be determined by the ...