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Juanita had greatness within her. She also had an unstable mother.

A Philadelphia teacher’s lost students

A schoolteacher’s lament: Save the childrenâ€” from their parents

When two of my students slipped through the cracks, I was helpless to rescue them. And this was before the Philadelphia School District’s current financial crisis.

Candy Kean

Sep 16, 2013 Essays 8 minute read

I remember Seamus Heaney and David Frost

Two who crossed my path: Heaney and Frost, remembered

I'm a celebrity hater at heart, except when two such exit on successive days: the Nobel Prize poet Seamus Heaney, followed by the TV interviewer David Frost. To one who knew them personally, as I did, they were not icons but warm and honest human beings.

Patrick D. Hazard

Sep 15, 2013 Essays 4 minute read

Beneath David Cameron's mild exterior beats the raging soul of Henry V (above).

Taunt the British at your peril

This means war! (or at least a change of subject)

So you think the English are modest and self-deprecating? Did you see how Prime Minister David Cameron responded when a Russian insulted his country? That ought to show them!

David Woods

Sep 15, 2013 Essays 3 minute read

Sally Rand couldn't get away with this in New York.

San Francisco: Free markets, free minds

The ultimate libertarian city

Many people think of San Francisco as an ultra-liberal nanny town, and a predominantly gay city, to boot. On the contrary, as I found on a recent visit, it's above all a place that welcomes contrarians and resents government.

Steve Cohen

Sep 09, 2013 Essays 4 minute read

German newspapers are serious about making reading fun.

Germany's next generation

Neither guns nor butter, but printed words: Why the future belongs to Germany

Germans are afraid the trashy Internet media will undermine print, so they're devising methods for hooking the next generation on the printed word.

Patrick D. Hazard

Sep 08, 2013 Essays 4 minute read

Washington's newest odd couple: McCain's moment.

The U.S. "intervention' in Syria

Getting a little bit pregnant in Syria

Once again, America is headed down the road to war, a skeptical public and a dissenting world community notwithstanding. And once again, the evidence justifying military action is murky at best.

Robert Zaller

Sep 07, 2013 Essays 4 minute read

Rosie the Riveter, meet a survivor of child sex trafficking.

Five reasons to read women's magazines

Beyond liposuction: The serious side of women's magazines

Magazine people— even women— love to look down their noses at women's magazines. They should take another look. There's much more to women's mags lately than Kardashians and liposuction.