Opinion

Passover: A people’s holiday

April 12, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon

The Jewish festival of Passover comes around every spring, but in 2011 it has taken on ever more powerful relevance.

The “good” war’s invisible wounds

April 12, 2011 By Carol Schultz Vento

Mythologizing and romanticizing World War II ignores its complex legacy.

News flash: Americans aren’t anti-worker

April 12, 2011 By Peter Hart

Polls have found Wisconsin Gov. Walker's union-busting tactics to be widely unpopular despite the major media's presumption that the opposite would be true.

The government hostage crisis

April 11, 2011 By Art Perlo

What to do in a hostage crisis? Sometimes it seems there are no good choices. Giving in to the demands may save the hostage's life for now, but it encourages the terrorist to try again.

Ob-gyn doc: Fight back against sexual assault

April 11, 2011 By Richard N. Waldman, MD

There are more than 300,000 rape-related physical assaults against women each year in the United States.