A Labor Day essay on teacher strikes and their misplaced emphasis on self-esteem. These strikes focus too much on teachers' needs to be given proper recognition, reflecting the way psychological categories have taken over public discourse.
The estate tax is scheduled to zoom back up in 2011. This requires a code-red state of alert during 2010, watching out for things like gift pigs from children.
It hinges on the economy, which is slowly recovering, and Afghanistan, which is fatefully resembling Vietnam.
Opening this week at Seattle Pacific University is the fourth graduate school of theology in town. Another surprising aspect is the evangelical tilt of this diverse set of schools.
Sen. Adam Kline opposes a new recommendation to make all written communications to legislators subject to public disclosure. He thinks the law should be like the press shield laws, helping protect those who reveal sensitive information.
