In elementary schools in Houston, I suspect that the five Floyd children started their school days the way most American kids did: standing up, turning to the flag on the dowel of balsa wood, placing their hands over their hearts, making the pledge. …

By Martin Dobrow From the driver’s seat of his red 2014 Volvo, Dan Smith looked in on the huge protest thronging Sixteenth Street in the Northwest quadrant of Washington D.C. on Friday evening, June 5. …

Dear Tom, You must remember this. At least I hope so, perhaps on a good day. I read about your dementia on Thursday, your “retiring from public life.” But maybe, just maybe, amid the descent into darkness, a shaft of light occasionally shines through. So take a little walk with…