Perspectives

For all of us following our favorite teams, there’s always the tendency to blame a team’s exit from the NCAA tournament to bad luck. Statistically, though, the ball usually bounces true, writes Mark Rank.

Paige McGinley, in Arts & Sciences, writes on the “Human Ties” blog about Bayard Rustin’s behind-the-scenes role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington — and the significance of role-playing rehearsals to prepare protesters for what they would face during the Civil Rights Movement.

Now Congress has a choice: It can turn its back on Mars Sample Return or commit to funding the boldest robotic planetary science effort humanity has yet undertaken, writes Paul Byrne.

World War III was very likely averted as a result of a brief delay in time caused by a sailor who happened to be stuck in the right place at the right time, along with a second-in-command who, when given a few extra seconds, perceptively realized that the boat was not under attack, writes Mark Rank.

Reading works like “The Tale of Genji” is not only a way to immerse ourselves in the world of a medieval court, one where spirits roam freely, but a chance to see other ways of sorting human experience at work, writes Alessandro Poletto.

Gerald Early reviews the book “3 Shades of Blue” for the Wall Street Journal.

The AI of today looks quite different than AI once did, but the problems of the past remain. As the saying goes: History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes, writes philosophy’s Danielle Williams.

Lifting the fog on the true causes behind these cognitive impairments, including brain fog, will require years if not decades of concerted efforts by researchers across the globe, writes Ziyad Al-Aly.

Democrats, Republicans and Americans of all stripes need a different ethos — one that recognizes immigrants’ humanity, dignity and legal rights, and that prioritizes America’s best ideals, writes the law school’s Sheldon Evans.

The next time somebody tells you that they deserve all the riches that have come their way, you might remind them to count their lucky stars, writes Mark Rank.