Prime Minister Trudeau schools Trump after last night’s hockey victory: ‘You can’t take our country and you can't take our game’   Dear Commons Community, There was a great hockey game last night played by Team Canada and Team USA that the Canadians won 3-2 […]

Trump has tapped North Dakota’s Kirsten Baesler as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education in the USDOE Kirsten Baesler Dear Commons Community, President Trump has tapped North Dakota’s Kirsten Baesler—a former school leader and tec […]

New Book:  “A Crack in Everything” by Marcus Chown Dear Commons Community, I have just finished reading A Crack in Everything:  How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic […]

How Mayor Eric Adams of New York Could Be Removed From Office! Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul Dear Commons Community, The major story in New York City is whether Mayor Eric Adams will be removed from […]

MacKenzie Scott has donated $19 billion. The impact? 'Transformational. Mackensie Scott.  Bloomberg via Getty Images. Dear Commons Community, USA Today has a featured article on MacKensie Scott, entitled, […]

Ezra Klein Interviews Congressman Jake Auchincloss: Democrats Cannot be a “Diet-Coke” Version of Republican Party Populism Jake Auchincloss Dear Commons Community, Ezra Klein podcaster and contributor to The New York Times, had an extensive interview with […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams in Crisis Mode as Governor Kathy Hochul Holds Meetings on His Future! Mayor Eric Adams is resisting calls for his resignation. Credit…Dave Sanders for The New York Times   Dear Commons […]

Maureen Dowd on Who Will Stand up to Trump and Musk? Dear Commons Community, Maureen Dowd, in her column on Sunday in The New York Times, entitled, “Who Will Stand Up to Trump at High […]

Christopher Jencks, Major Researcher on Education and Social Inequality, Dies at 88! Christopher Jencks in his Harvard office in 1972.  Credit…Joyce Dopkeen/The New York Times Dear Commons Community, I was sad to read […]

President's Day 2025! Dear Commons Community, Today we honor and remember our presidents especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who led our country […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial Praises Danielle Sassoon While Blasting Trump and the DOJ! Danielle Sassoon. Photo: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg News Dear Commons Community, The Wall Street Journal has a scathing editorial this […]

Why Italians Always Cook Pasta al Dente—and the Right Way to Do It! Dear Commons Community, Laura Manzano, a food stylist, recipe developer, and writer living in Brooklyn, New York, has an article in […]

Seven DOJ prosecutors resign after charges dropped against NYC Mayor Eric Adams! DOJ Attorney Danielle Sassoon Dear Commons Community, In response to a federal order to drop criminal charges against New York City […]

Republican Senator Roger Wicker Slams Hegseth for 'Rookie Mistake' on Ukraine Roger Wicker Dear Commons Community, Republican Senator Roger Wicker, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee thinks […]

Army, Navy remove web pages highlighting women’s military service – then reinstate them! Dear Commons Community, In an effort to align with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that terminated diversity, equity a […]

The Revamped Carnegie Classifications Have Been Established. See Which Colleges Entered the New ‘Research’ Category. Dear Commons Community, The Chronicle of Higher Education is providing a table of the first wave of reconceived Carnegie […]

Ronald H. Balson Book: "The Girl from Berlin" Dear Commons Community, I have just finished reading a third novel by Ronald H. Balson entitled, The Girl from Berlin, written in […]

Video: John Bolton – "Trump surrenders to Vladimir Putin on Ukraine"Dear Commons Community, John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, believes that Trump’s statements about Ukraine’s […]

Danes Mock Trump:  Offer to Buy California! Dear Commons Community, A large group of Danes are mocking Trump by circulating a petition to buy California.  The petition to buy […]

Crisis in insurance industry: Jerome Powell predicts a time when mortgages will be impossible to get in parts of US ravaged by climate change! Jerome Powell.  Courtesy of Bloomberg News.   Dear Commons Community, The growing crisis in the insurance industry may make it h […]