Monica Klein Mandan School has always been my safe place. That’s one of the reasons I became a kindergarten teacher. And I believe HB 1540, which would send public dollars to private schools, would jeopardize our public schools. That’s why I’m writing to urge the governor to veto HB ...
Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization. The pope’s spiritual mission doesn’t change, but its earthly context does, and when the College of Cardinals chose Argentina’s Jorge Maria Bergoglio as successor to the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, they made a guess ...
“No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of [the Constitution’s] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.” — Ex Parte Milligan, Supreme Court of the United States, 1866. President ...
The iconic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” begins, “Listen, my children ...” And, sure enough, we have long told our kids and ourselves of the cinematic events in April 1775, when the famous silversmith warned the countryside of approaching British troops and ...
It’s that time of year again — when the letters finally arrive announcing the decisions of colleges and universities, and when countless applicants find themselves disappointed — if not distraught — that they were rejected by their top schools. This is particularly frequently the case ...
In a couple of months, I am planning a business trip to Europe. But despite the fact that I’m an American citizen and have committed no crime, I am worried about what might happen when I attempt to come home. Will Customs and Border Patrol agents pull me from the customs line as they did to ...