Op Ed

Happy Birthday to Twitter and the Twitterverse!

Crimea is known as an "Autonomous Republic," which should mean it has a right to self determination.

I really hope the powers that be who rule the NBCNews.com's Internet presence rethink their new design. Let me know if they do, and I'll come back. I promise.

A truly pernicious personal vendetta on a bridge named for George Washington resulted in more than inconvenience. This is a case of our worst fears about the abuse of power becoming a reality.

We never grow out of the need to feel passionate about what we do.

Megyn Kelly looks into the television camera and speaks in a manner that suggests she thinks there are only white children in Santa Claus’s world.

We need to get back to teachers teaching instead of teaching to the test. This report is a sign that we are getting there.

As the nation remembers JFK fifty years later, I wonder what he would make of us now?

We mourn the passing of a legend. JFK – the rock star president and political comet that soared ever too briefly across the nation's sky.

The debacle of Race to the Top, Common Core State Standards, and standardized testing continues to metastasize into an out of control disease, and many parents are becoming aware of the pernicious effects on their children’s school experience.