Every spring, I share a couple of stories from Heinrich Hoffmann’s children’s book “Der Struwwelpeter” (“Slovenly Peter”) with my students to practice the German past tense, and every time, students express their surprise at the level of violence displayed in these stories. The same ...

Immanuel Christian School is in dire straits, but not for lack of students who want to go there. Demand is high for the K-12 school’s limited number of seats, reflecting the sorry state of nearby public schools. Yet in this predominantly low-income and nonwhite eastern Pennsylvania community, ...

When experimental treatments are given to patients, there is a requirement for a special kind of informed consent indicating that the cure may kill the patient. When my father went in for his hip replacement surgery, he was high risk because of a cardiac condition. He was told that he had a 25% ...

Let’s try to understand what President Trump’s new tariffs are, what they mean, who will pay for them. Also their impact on the American economy, on individual U.S. citizens, and America’s relations with the rest of the world. Tariffs used to be called “import duties.” They are ...

About two weeks ago, while I was addressing a burning complaint, I discovered an abandoned house that I had previously never noticed. It appeared empty and unkempt…sort of dilapidated. The front and side doors were double..triple locked with screws, boards and padlocks. Walking around the ...

Higher education’s future seems bleak. The national decline in enrollment has forced countless colleges and universities to tighten belts and make hard choices. Penn State — where enrollment is down 30% since 2010 —recently announced plans to close several of its 20 campuses across the ...