Comment on 9 of our top opinion columns this week: ICYMI

American is in a civics and history learning crisis, but there is help available to teachers and to students.       

The synthetic drug crisis is a global problem, and criminal organizations are extremely effective at exploiting opportunities, writes Antony Blinken.       

While former President Donald Trump has been busy with indictments, the GOP presidential primary's 'It' candidate has been Vivek Ramaswamy.       

Public health officials got so much wrong in the COVID-19 pandemic, and asserted it with such confidence, that Americans won't soon trust them again.       

My dad, Jim Valvano, gave me brown eyes, a love of poetry, his outgoing personality and long legs. I also inherited his predisposition to cancer.       

After Lia Thomas became the first trans athlete to win NCAA swimming championship, Oberlin lacrosse coach Kim Russell felt it was unfair. She spoke up.