Breaking News

A special golden anniversary

Golden anniversaries used to be special celebrations in the days when people got married and stayed married. This year marks the golden anniversary, not of a married couple, but of an organization that invests in the lives of people whom politicians largely ignore. It’s called Prison ...

Racist Tests

Did you know that the SAT is racist? During Woke I, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now calls it, "antiracists" said the SAT's creators "were avowed eugenicists." No wonder Black people get lower scores. Even if the test isn't racist today, it still gives unfair advantages to white kids ...

Review: Sunny Sandler is sweet — and sunny — in ‘Don’t Say Good Luck’

"She is gone, but she used to be mine," go the words of Sara Bareilles' poignant and powerful anthem from "Waitress," the quintessential Broadway 11 o'clock number. For musical theater fans, the mere sound of those opening chords is enough to send tear ducts into overdrive. So when at the beginning of "Don't Say Good Luck," high schooler Sophie Birenbaum gets the lead role of Jenna in "Waitress," we immediately know what's eventually coming: a tear-jerking scene where "She Used to Be Mine" takes center stage. Everything that comes before? Just the appetizer. "Don't Say Good Luck," ...