Students dread the application essay. Critics think it’s an exercise in fakery. Here’s why it’s worth preserving — and how to save it. Liza Libes is a writer and college counselor in New ...

Joseph Epstein’s disappointment in over-the-top phrasing is appreciated (“The Incredibly Massive Number of Hackneyed Words Is Surreal,” op-ed, April 4). The example that drives me nuts is ...

Mostly, they don’t. A commendable example of the former is senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor, who published an opinion essay in the New York Times in May criticizing Supreme Court ...

Ms. Stack, a contributing Opinion writer, wrote from her home in Montgomery County, Md. On Tuesday the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over whether public elementary schools violate ...