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America's Role Model on War and Peace Feb. 22, 2023
A ship that arrived in Dover, England, on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1793, brought some bloody... Read More
Gov. DeSantis versus the College Board, Rounds One and Two Feb. 18, 2023
"What the (expletive)?" That's how one of my University of Central Florida colleagues reacted when s... Read More
Kalispell Is the Real Thing Feb. 12, 2023
By Jim Farber A self-professed "blue-collar town," Kalispell, Montana, doesn't have the ski-town Old... Read More
ChatGPT: Perhaps My Lifetime's Most Consequential -- And Not for the Better -- Technological Innovation, Part II Feb. 04, 2023
The uses, and abuses, of ChatGPT and similar platforms coming through the AI pipeline are infinite. ... Read More
Nature, History and Sunshine Welcome Visitors to St. Lucia Jan. 29, 2023
By Victor Block Words printed on T-shirts worn by locals offered a welcoming note shortly after my w... Read More
St. Lucia Is Rich in Color, Culture, Crafts and Community Jan. 28, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman So there I was, at the Sulphur Springs Mud Bath in St. Lucia, being smeared with g... Read More
The 'M' in MD Doesn't Mean 'Man' Jan. 25, 2023
A recent study found that women physicians were more than twice as likely as their male colleagues t... Read More
The Schoolbook That Once United Our Nation Jan. 25, 2023
Americans today are engaged in heated debates over the content of classroom textbooks, so perhaps it... Read More
How DC Can Vote in Federal Elections Jan. 25, 2023
When the Massachusetts Ratification Convention was debating whether to approve the U.S. Constitution... Read More
Yesterday's Prisons Are Today's Destinations Jan. 21, 2023
By Victor Block People entering the red-turreted building with barred windows pass by members of a c... Read More
The Truth Can't Be Concealed When Learning About Racism Jan. 20, 2023
I took some time this week to watch the MSNBC National Day of Racial Healing town hall sponsored by ... Read More
Exalting Black Achievement and Success Stories Jan. 19, 2023
The time is overdue to turn the page on the backward-looking 1619 Project. Has it caused a single bl... Read More
A Column of the 'Not So Urgent' Sort: Shifts in Political Economy Terminology, Part II Jan. 14, 2023
The term "Third World" discussed in Part I of this column overlaps with, but is not synonymous with ... Read More
A Column of the 'Not So Urgent' Sort: Shifts in Political Economy Terminology, Part I Dec. 31, 2022
I am often asked how I come up with topics for my columns, one every week. It wasn't easy at first, ... Read More
Small Events Yield Big Memories of Morocco Dec. 18, 2022
By Glenda Winders During our recent visit to Morocco my husband and I saw elegant palaces, huge mosq... Read More
'Never Forget' Means First Learning What to Remember Dec. 17, 2022
At night, after the children are in bed, as I settle down for the evening, I put something horrible ... Read More
One Last Day in Casablanca Dec. 11, 2022
By Glenda Winders When my husband and I tell our friends that we visited Casablanca during our recen... Read More
A Visit to Marvelous, Mysterious Marrakech Dec. 10, 2022
By Glenda Winders During our recent visit to Morocco my husband and I learned that every city has a ... Read More
Give Thanks for the Northwest Ordinance Nov. 25, 2022
Unsure of what to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season? Here's a suggestion of something to be t... Read More
From Barter Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia to 21st Century 'Capitalism of Nothingness,' Part I Nov. 19, 2022
One day sometime between 2063 and 2060 B.C., in the extinct Sumerian town of Drehem, in the outskirt... Read More
