Creators Syndicate

Bilingual education has been on the ropes for the last few years, but Education Secretary Richard Riley hopes to revive the embattled program by creating 1,000 new programs around the...

The 1960s have gotten a bum rap from conservatives for years. The decade--and the dramatic social shifts that began during those years--have been blamed for the collapse of our national...

Religious tolerance is a tricky thing, as the recent brouhaha over anti-Catholic sentiment at Bob Jones University surely proves. The university has been roundly excoriated for its attacks on Catholic...

From the beginning, some people tried to turn the tragic death of Amadou Diallo last year into a racial killing. Four white cops gun down an innocent, unarmed black immigrant...

Should America pay reparations to the descendants of African slaves forcibly brought here 300 or more years ago? It's a question that has been raised many times since the 13th...

Here's a political quiz: Which major political party is most out of step with the American people on the contentious issue of abortion? Which party has refused to allow elected...

Why shouldn't women soccer players earn as much as their male counterparts, especially when members of the U.S. women's team are world champions and the men finished in last place?...

Education reform got a big boost last week from a surprising source: the federal courts. That hasn't always been the case. In past years, courts often have played a pernicious...

The faded, sepia-tone photograph shows a one-room log schoolhouse with a dozen children sitting in two neat rows. A chalkboard behind the children reads Nov. 30, 1900, Parkman, Wyo. The...

Is George W. Bush smart enough to be president? It's a question that has preoccupied the political pundits for weeks now, ever since the Texas governor failed a pop quiz...