Opinion
In wake of flooding, Congress should skip the drama and get to work
Ordinary citizens with extraordinary community spirit have been a bright light amid the dark clouds and devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey in Tex...
Ryan can be good Catholic while supporting free enterprise
At a nationally televised town hall last week, Paul Ryan was asked how he upholds the Catholic Church’s teaching that we should help the poor. R...
Two President Trumps: Can both be real?
The waning days of a long, hot, tumultuous summer are no time to make lasting political judgments.But they are a good time to offer some passing polit...
Harvey reveals the better side of a divided America
Even hurricanes have a silver lining: The downpour washes away a lot of bull.Don’t get me wrong. This is a tragedy for untold thousands of peopl...
Healing hands
The walls of the room where I am lying are lined with symbols I have never seen. They remind me of Egyptian hieroglyphics, but they are different, mor...
A black daughter of the Confederacy corrects history
As monuments to the Confederacy are swept away from public spaces, white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the president of the United States have been fret...
The yearslong recovery from Hurricane Harvey
The scale of flooding in the Houston area as a result of Hurricane Harvey is hard to imagine, and the images of suffering are horrifying to behold. In...
The global obesity epidemic
The obesity epidemic used to be an American thing. Either it’s highly contagious or everybody else in the world is doing more of whatever we hav...
Then vs. now: Dropping kids off at college
I was on a college campus last week, and saw vehicles unloading new students. It made me nostalgic.Then I realized if parents were recalling that mile...
Green water in your garden pond
Summer is the most challenging time of year for pond and water feature enthusiasts. Keeping pond water clear and clean in 90 degree heat with sixteen ...
