Read two articles in the Sports section about teams or people who have suffered defeat. What do individuals and groups learn from failure? Does failure build character or destroy it? Are there good and bad types of failure? Now, imagine that you were writing a guide about failure for people your age. Describe five notable [...]

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Businesses and workers face moral decisions every day. Some, like whether to use company equipment for personal reasons, are relatively small. Others, like whether to do business in a country with a poor human rights record, have much larger implications. Peruse the articles in today’s Money section, and identify two moral questions that a worker [...]

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What is a trend? Identify at least two trends mentioned in today’s paper. Then, consider this: Individual decisions — to work or stay home, to have children in your twenties or your thirties, to stay married or get divorced — can affect society as a whole. How do individual choices become a trend? What is [...]

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Former CBS anchor Walter Cronkite once called newspapers “a custodian of our history.” Indeed, journalism is often referred to as history’s “first draft.” Peruse today’s paper for a story about a current event that you believe will one day be regarded as historic (e.g., an international peace accord, an election, a sports event, etc.). Rewrite [...]

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