For today’s American lesson, let’s consider what’s left of Great Britain. That country has turned away from Europe and now sits alone at a way station, suitcase on the grou... Read more

The Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIV victory set off a scramble for special print editions of the Kansas City Star celebrating the team’s professional football championship. Fans were afte... Read more

Second of two parts Students once pondered life after high school as a matter of what they wanted to be. Today it’s often a question of what they can afford to be.  The Review, an econ... Read more

The rising costs of learning more First of two parts   The second semester of the academic year has begun, and with it the second act of a long-running drama: what happens after high sc... Read more

North of us the year wound out in the teeth of a massive storm December 28 and 29, one that raked Nebraska, the Dakotas and Minnesota and roared east into New England. Hundreds of thousands... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected early this year to rule whether the Trump administration can dissolve a program that protects roughly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants known as Dreame... Read more

We have celebrated St. Lucia in a Festival of Light at a time of year when darkness is a more insistent thing than cold. The days are short as a dream. The sun begins to lose its strength ea... Read more

The obituary is – or was  – a critical feature in newspaper publishing. It is now among the most abused. A local daily illustrates: There were obituaries for a 24 year-old man who died on No... Read more

The West Point Honor Code: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal,  or tolerate those who do.” * Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has attracted special attention on several fronts. Am... Read more

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.” – Luke 18:11 Over the years I have offered this annual message, never have the months lu... Read more