Parents, let’s make a pact to get our kids off their screens and back to real-life play
Laura Yuen Parents may shrug that it’s too late to reverse the epidemic of smart phones. But if we all banded together, couldn’t we save childhood? ...
You don’t need to own an iPhone for the government lawsuit against Apple to benefit you
Rebecca Haw Allensworth Last month, the Department of Justice filed its long-awaited antitrust suit against Apple, accusing the company of monopolizing the smar...
Wildfire smoke is coming for the US again. We’re not ready.
Mark Gongloff Many Americans were surprised last year when smoke from wildfires hundreds of miles away turned their air toxic. There’s no excuse for anybody t...
Shribman: Legendary popovers are only twice the story
SWAMPSCOTT — In those black-and-white days, so long ago, my high school classmates Cindy Smith, Cheryl Gordon, and Jan Schwartz were popover girls, circulatin...
I turned down my dream college. More kids should do the same.
Erin Lowry At the tender age of 18, I made the decision to attend the university that offered me the largest financial aid package, through academic scholarship...
Voting for America first
Martin Schram There was a time when many of President Donald Trump’s top officials – including his cabinet-level advisers on national and global security â€...
Your dog will have an anti-aging drug before you do
F.D. Flam Before we have an anti-aging drug for humans, we’re likely to have one for dogs. Multiple clinical trials are currently underway to test potential a...
Congress needs fixing, but it got some advice from an unexpected source
Bradford Fitch After watching President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, it would be easy to conclude that members of Congress have little interest in,...
Elite schools are starting to require SAT scores again. That’s a good thing.
David Blobaum Parents have been calling, texting, and emailing me nonstop, particularly since the day that Yale University announced it had returned to requirin...
Rattlesnakes on Santa Catalina Island learn that it pays to be unusually aggressive
Louis Sahagún LOS ANGELES — Discerning what makes rattlesnakes tick is a life’s work for researchers like William Hayes. So if he wants to introduce you to...