Psychology Today defines the term “projection” as a defense mechanism (commonly used by abusers and narcissists) against unconscious impulses or traits that we’ve denied in ourselves and attribute to ...

Courtroom appearances are often the cause of anxiety and grief. If you are lucky enough to be on the docket before Judge Wes Williams, you can count on fair treatment with competence and compassion.

As I negotiated an extremely hazardous walk over slick, melting ice, which had formed on top of unshoveled downtown sidewalks on my way to Mass, my thoughts turned not to spiritual matters but to a ...

Humans selfishly and short-sightedly deem human life sacred. We accordingly encourage births and maximize lifespans at all costs — regardless of the world’s already-outrageous overpopulation and its ...

Who would have thought the terms “competency” and “mastery” would elicit the sort of reactions they do in higher education? To some, the word competency is a threat to education itself, a way to ...

Leonard Pitts’ recent “eulogy for competence” is a call to start rebuilding competence in our democracy with citizen action (“A eulogy for competence,” The Columbian, March 2). Voting in overwhelming ...

Diversity? Just about every U.S. college and university now has a “dean of diversity” while our main global rival celebrates competence. Stick a fork in the good ol’ USA — we are cooked! Remove the ...

“States Demand That Colleges Show How Well Their Students Learn” (The Chronicle, October 28) addresses the growing concern within higher education regarding effectively measuring student success and ...

Re: Steven Cook’s May 18 Labor Voices column “The end of standardized testing”: This may give way to something much worse. While Michigan is apparently cutting back on end-of-the-year tests, there are ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Competency to lead prisons? Yes Privatization? No Re: “Here’s the real record of the private prison that will close in March,” Jan. 21 commentary Sean Foster ...