Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

No law can give or take away the choice to commit suicide.

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.

In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.