One night over dinner, my good friend Craig, a terrific photographer, asked me why I write so much. My immediate reaction was to say, “Because I can.” My measured reply was more to the point: “Because ...

Writing can be an albatross around the neck. Or it can be an adventure of great expectations leading to profitable ends. For Alex Z. Salinas, writing is a wild roller-coaster ride with its curvy ...

This is my farewell column for Religion News Service. After nearly 20 years of writing commentary for this extraordinary news service, it is time for a change. First, the practical. Second, the meat.

Re “The Lobotomized Weasel School of Writing,” Commentary, May 20: I vehemently disagree with Crispin Sartwell’s characterization of the five-paragraph essay as “hoo-ha.” While he explains that ...

The new opinion category combines Commentary and Editorial Writing, which has seen a steady decline in entries in recent years ...

Across the country, college professors are turning to blue books again. As a recent article in The Wall Street Journal reports, so many students are cheating and using artificial intelligence to do ...