My father and I still regret the first and only time I dabbled in the world of high fashion. According to Yahoo! Lifestyle, retro fashions from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s are making a comeback this year. Allthingshair.com reports that 16 throwback hairstyles from the ’70s are “back and better than ever!” While these playful […]

Policymakers and presidential hopefuls are having a spirited debate over whether the U.S. should offer free community college, free public college in general or additional college subsidies directed at low-income students. In a recent paper, my coauthors Chris Avery, Jessica Howell, Matea Pender and I looked at these scenarios. We found that free community college […]

As we come to the close of the Christmas season, the entire Heinig family wishes to thank our community for the generous support and nearly overwhelming number of gifts contributed to ensure our grandchildren would have a Merry Christmas in the wake of their mother’s (our daughter Anneliese’s) disappearance on Nov. 26. I described the […]

Eighty-five years ago this month, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, stood trial in what the news media described as “The Trial of the Century.” Using that standard, the impending confrontation in the Senate over the impeachment of President Donald Trump qualifies as “The Trial of the […]

It didn’t take long for “World War III” to become a trending topic on Twitter in the hours after news broke that a drone strike by U.S. forces resulted in the death of a top Iranian military commander. Almost simultaneously, those who’d never heard of the now-late Qasem Soleimani until cable news and social media […]