Pennsylvania can achieve adequate and equitable school funding, and it’s time for the legislature to take action to produce a sustainable plan to do just that.
To the editor: The removal of Asna Tabassum as the valedictory speaker at USC's upcoming commencement reminds me of another sad chapter in USC's history — the school's lackluster response to the sexual abuse accusations made against Dr. George Tyndall. In both cases, I am struck by my alma mater's failure to protect its greatest asset: its students. I can appreciate USC's predicament in choosing to avoid taking a position on the war in the Gaza Strip. Allowing Tabassum to speak might enrage...
To the editor: As a co-author of the UCLA high school data science course maligned by UC Davis professor Norman Matloff in his Times op-ed article, I agree with him that data science is a field in which even professionals make serious errors. That's why data science education must begin early and not be treated as a mathematical afterthought. Mathematics is only one component of data science. Almost three decades of research have shown that students can and should learn important statistical...
Schavey Road Elementary School in DeWitt, a town outside Lansing, Michigan, planned the mini-lesson for first-graders in the new few weeks but received an avalanche of threats that terrified its staff.
"If you want safe schools, vote for the legislators who support mental health measures. If you want safe schools, vote for the legislators who support gun safety."
In response to editorial on ceasefire I read today’s paper while visiting my in-laws in Lowell and your recent editorial called for a permanent Gaza ceasefire, did not include hostage release. First, Hamas repeatedly declared its intention to carry out multiple Oct 7ths and called for Oct 13th as a day to kill Jews a […]
The Abraham Accords -- signed by Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Israel and Bahrain in 2020 -- were gaining traction.
The Democratic Party leadership wants more funding to hire more Border Patrol agents so they can process and allow more immigrants into our country -- and then distribute those people throughout the United States.
MAD, MAD WORLD It’s not only dismaying, but baffling to see modern day fascism continuing to fill our streets with hate and evil. Professional, genocide-chanting social justice martyrs are gladly professing their support for terrorists who murder, rape and torture. It is beyond comprehension that people today can knowingly and deliberately choose to side with […]
I was reading an article last week about members of the "Squad" demanding that anti-Jewish protesters be released and allowed to resume their terrorist-supporting activities -- and I have to say, this just shows that these members of Congress hate Jews.
Tulsi Gabbard is the smartest and bravest potential vice presidential candidate in America right now, in my opinion, because she speaks the truth.
Flipped Eclipse? I think the time-lapse picture of the eclipse on the cover of the April 10 issue is flipped. We watched from Montpelier, and the shadow wedge entered from the bottom and traveled up the sun. After totality, there was a sudden wedge of bright white light at the bottom that looked like the sun was shining a spotlight on us. It was not the golden sunlight; it was brilliant white and produced sharp-edged shadows. At the end, there was not the wedge we started with; rather, it looked...