The first debate of the 2024 presidential race is an equal opportunity for disaster for both candidates. Thursday’s faceoff between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden could be a seismic moment. A wobble…

Last month, I had the honor of walking the commencement stage at Yale Law School with my two children, ages 1 and 6 — a huge achievement for someone raised in New York City public…

Last week, a vote to ban women pastors fell just short of the two-thirds needed by the 10,000 delegates attending the Southern Baptist Convention. Those who voted against the constitutional amendment said it was unnecessary…

In April, President Joe Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, a measure that could effectively ban the video-sharing app TikTok in the United States. The bill, passed as…

A quarter century has passed since Robert Putnam released “Bowling Alone,” his heralded work on America’s decaying social fabric. The book was sobering at the time. Things are worse now: Not only are we still…

My home state’s citizens last month elected their next governor. No, I misspeak. Five percent of them elected him. Seven percent preferred a different candidate, and 88 percent never had a say in the decision.…

In 2018, the district judge for our area of south-central Montana was retiring and encouraged my husband, Ray, to run to fill his seat. Ray, a lawyer with 30 years of experience in civil and…

One way to deepen your empathy for other people who live in difficult circumstances is to imagine walking in their shoes.  I often do this when I encounter people in daily life who perform jobs…

The U.S. Supreme Court likely had no idea of the furor it would unleash when it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. You could see the justices take a tentative step backward Wednesday when…

Last semester, I asked my sustainable city planning class to close their eyes and visualize the typologies of five cradle-to-grave residences: birth residence, high school residence, current residence, parent’s residence, and oldest family member’s residence.…