A dog supplies what is missing in a loveless world.

After last month's massacre of nine black worshippers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Americans braced for more racial upheaval. That did not happen.

New York Times columnist, best-selling author and all-around pundit David Brooks has written a book making the case for a societal return to morality.

The shallowest and least attractive of modern psychological concepts is probably that of self-esteem.

You know that conversation in the cafeteria flows better when you mention a tweet by Katy Perry, not the morning's Wall Street Journal book review.

The headmaster of the all-boys boarding school I attended when I was a teenager was always wary of admitting students to the academy that had been exposed to pornography.

Yes Pa shows kids the secret of a happy life — and how to become the author of their own life story. 

Whose rights are protected in a relativistic culture?

I am regularly asked by parents how they can teach an appreciation of good traditional art to their children. 

Taken together, these strategies can make schools what they ought to be: ethical learning communities where respect and kindness are the norm and where every student is able to learn in a safe and supportive environment.