Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency. » read more

Sheryl Sandberg created a national firestorm earlier this year when she said women should "Lean In" aggressively to maximize their careers. The $64,000 question, though, is how realistic is that for most women? » read more

OK, so Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands accused of blowing up three people, injuring 282 more and shooting to death an MIT campus police officer. He's also got fans, or more accurately, he's got fangirls, thousands of them. » read more

May 25 is National Missing Children Day. » read more

Sheryl Sandberg created a national firestorm earlier this year when she said women should "Lean In" aggressively to maximize their careers. The $64,000 question, though, is how realistic is that for most women? » read more

The storm clouds of "scandal," like a breakout of springtime tornadoes in the South and Midwest, seem to be encircling the White House with the president having no "safe room" into which to retreat. » read more

At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong with who I was, and am. Confronting institutional discrimination for the first time, I was overwhelmed with sadness, grief and anger. » read more

In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their homes during the tense "shelter in place" manhunt. That statement is in large part a straw-man argument. Much of what occurred during those unfortunate days disproves the NRA's usual narrative about guns and public safety. » read more