Periodically one hears about some dust-up in some school district over a book that has been assigned — or not assigned — in an English course. "The Catcher in the Rye," "Huckleberry Finn," and most ...

Exactly a century ago, national attention was focused on a Tennessee courthouse. It was truly — with apologies to O.J. Simpson some 70 years later — the “trial of the century.” In July 1925, it seemed ...

Since my own editorial board has now joined every pundit in the country in tackling Intelligent Design, what do I myself have to lose? Apart from my sanity, my reputation and my last friend on campus, ...