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A dust-up over an open letter signed by star scholars reflects a troubling trend.

If Romeo and Juliet lived happily ever after, would we have reason to remember them?

The prosecution in the Kim Potter trial argued that consequence was the issue, not the intent. To that I say a resounding “no!”

One of the most powerful tools of learning is the ability to ask questions. Asking questions does not mean we are foolish but it’s just an expression of a

Items from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, now in the British Museum. Top: Gold garnet shoulder clasp encrusted with Sri Lankan garnets (RobRoy/Creative Commons/Wikimedia). Bottom: Gold belt buckle, weighing nearly 1 pound. "All the objects shone in the sunshine as on the day they were buried." — Basil Brown's diary, August of 1939. Britain's "Dark Ages" may have formally ended in a field in Suffolk, England, on July 21, 1939. That's when archaeologist Peggy Piggott uncovered a tiny gold pyramid encrusted with garnets from the Sutton Hoo ship burial. Within days, the excavators had discovered a...