Crisp: Essay-grading software may hamper educational...
By JOHN M. CRISP - A New York Times headline last Friday, "Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break," struck an appealing chord with me. In my day job, I was facing a bleak weekend of grading:...
View ArticleBooks: Talking with 'Caleb's Crossing' author Geraldine...
By MARYLYNNE PITZ - Geraldine Brooks grew up on Bland Street in Australia, but the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist leads a spicy writing life infused with a rich stew of cultures that include the...
View ArticleNeighbors meet through Nextdoor.com, other social media
Your dog has escaped from your backyard. You need to borrow a ladder. You're worried about a suspicious character that keeps showing up on your cul-de-sac. - These issues were once dealt with on a...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombings: Police turn to 'crowdsourcing'...
WASHINGTON - When runners raced toward the finish line in Monday's Boston Marathon, thousands of fans thought they were simply enjoying a glorious American tradition.
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In video gaming, more women gamers may curb sexism
Money doesn't buy happiness, but it might foster gender equality in the video game industry. - Games are big business. Despite declining retail numbers the past two years, they still accounted for...
View ArticleMaxwell: For conservatives, it's all about race
By BILL MAXWELL - When I was a journalism professor in 2005 at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, a white student from the University of Alabama came to my campus and handed me a bullet-ridden sheet of...
View ArticleHarvard to shutter primate research center
SOUTHBOROUGH, Massachusetts - Harvard Medical School has announced that it plans to close down its primate research center, which has come under fire in recent years for the deaths of several monkeys.
View ArticleTattoo removal expert has a warning: Just don't do it!
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - By CYNTHIA H. CRAFT
View ArticleMedical: Distractions increase surgeons' potential...
By LEE BOWMAN - Just how much attention your surgeon pays to tasks in the operating room can be affected by a number of distractions, recent research suggests.
View ArticleDelaIsla: Government of wolves ruled by pigs
By JOSE de la ISLA - The matter concerning Jason Richwine, the Heritage Foundation, and a misleading report about immigration is moving off the blotter far too fast. It needs a closer look.
View ArticleDe la Isla: Flawed report on Hispanics takes GOP toll
By JOSE de la ISLA - The Republican Party blowback from the Jason Richwine bomb is just beginning.
View ArticleParker: E.W. Jackson enhances GOP's Virginia ticket
Some 25 years ago, I changed my life. - A visit inside a church opened my eyes to the destructive life I was living, financed by welfare checks generously provided by American taxpayers.
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Bucking a trend, a poor student from Calif. gains entry...
By DIANA LAMBERT - Lloyd Chen can't afford the $70 for a high school yearbook. His family can't pay for a graduation party or a trip abroad.
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GOP's Jackson addresses past drug use, bankruptcy
MANASSAS, Virginia - The Republican nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor acknowledged Wednesday that he used marijuana and experimented with other controlled substances in his youth, and that he...
View ArticleComment: Who's Hispanic? Gabriel Gomez faces litmus...
By RAUL REYES - Gabriel G�mez is having his moment in the spotlight. The son of Colombian immigrants made Massachusetts history in April when he became the first Hispanic to win a major Republican...
View ArticleComment: 'Lefty' presidents and their hand in our...
By TRUMAN TAYLOR - More than a few of us believe that the only people who really know how to run this country can't, or won't, because they're too busy earning a living driving taxis or tending bar.
View ArticleBizProf: Use 'lean-launch' concept to start business...
By BRUCE FREEMAN - Dear Professor Bruce: I've been thinking about starting my own small business for a while, but my resources, including money, are very limited. What advice can you give me?
View ArticleLizzie Borden: Enduring Mystery, Part One
By PAUL DAVIS - Editor's note: "Lizzie Borden: Enduring Mystery" draws on a number of sources, including some material kept by one of Borden's attorneys, Andrew Jennings. The journals were willed to...
View ArticleLizzie Borden: Enduring Mystery, Part 4
By PAUL DAVIS - Editor's note: "Lizzie Borden: Enduring Mystery" draws on a number of sources, including some material kept by one of Borden's attorneys, Andrew Jennings. The journals were willed to...
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