Most of us learned this lesson in grade school: Appeasement doesn’t stop a bully. It invites only more bullying. The only thing that works is standing up for yourself. It isn’t a guaranteed win. You ...

Listen closely and you can hear the crackled lilt of Sonny and Cher drifting through Chicago. Don’t hear it? Just wait. This is the third time in a row we’ve woken up as a city to this song on the ...

I am hearing from readers that there may be a movement afoot for me to rename my column because being a fan of Senior Moments makes them feel old. It’s all in perspective, of course. One reader named ...

When composers write music, it can be a mystery why one piece endures and is considered timeless, while another might not live past a premiere performance. When Handel wrote "Messiah," did he know it ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Forget all of the monarchical gold doodads and childish plaques dissing Democratic presidents that now defile the ...

We are now one year into Donald Trump’s second term, and something strange is happening in political media. A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called “alarmists” were being ...

My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my childhood. When we weren’t exploring New York City together, he was writing letters to the editor of The New York Times from his law firm’s office ...

He’s staying focused on creating a template for collaborative federal-local enforcement efforts. As we’ve detailed (see here and here), President Trump has prudently placed his so-called border czar ...

Ángel Godoy was thrown into jail after writing columns that angered the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Now his family is trying to make up for lost time. Ángel Godoy was thrown into jail ...

The defining word for 2026 will be “affordability.” Between the spiraling costs of child care, health care and housing, Americans’ budgets are busting. Add to that list the financial burden of auto ...