After several years of teaching data analytics, I have come to an agreement that at the end of each academic semester, I will suffer through grading between 20 and 40 group reports. Each report is ...

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I was always the last one picked for teams in high school. I didn’t go on a date until the last month of my senior year. I was chess champion of my ninth-grade class. My favorite merit badge in Boy ...

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I became strongly aware of the mismatch between my speaking and writing skills. It is easy to overlook one’s deficiencies when you’re being lauded for your other capabilities ...

This is fun. No, really, it is. A peek behind the curtain. I’ve often been asked what the difference is in writing about sports and writing about religion, the Latter-day Saint faith in particular.

Local pastor Andrew McQuitty started writing journals to his kids 35 years ago. Now that advice is available in a book.(Courtesy / Getty Images/iStockphoto) This column is part of our ongoing Opinion ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LZ Granderson is an op-ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times. “Daughters ...